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. 2025 Aug 25;40(1):188. doi: 10.1007/s00384-025-04989-5

Table 2.

Primary and secondary outcome by BMI

Variables Total (n = 737) Body mass index (BMI) in 2 categories (kg/m2)
BMI < 30 (n = 490) BMI ≥ 30 (n = 247) OR unadjusted (95%CI) p-value (unadjusted) OR adjusted* (95%CI) p-value (adjusted*)
BMI (median, IQR) 27.5 (8.1)
Any intra-op Complications (yes, %) 202 (27) 130 (27) 72 (29) 1.13 (0.81–1.60) 0.50 1.24 (0.85–1.81) 0.27
Grade 0 535 (73) 360 (73) 175 (71)
Grade 1 29 (4) 16 (3) 13 (5)
Grade 2 138 (19) 92 (19) 46 (19)
Grade 3 28 (4) 19 (4) 9 (4)
Grade 4 7 (1) 3 (1) 4 (2)
No post-op complications or CD Grade I/II 679 (92) 446 (91) 233 (94)
CD Grade III 37 (5) 27 (6) 10 (4)
CD Grade IV 13 (2) 11 (2) 2 (1)
CD Grade V 8 (1) 6 (1) 2 (1)
CD Grade >/= III 58 (8) 44 (9) 14 (6) 0.61 (0.33–1.13) 0.11 0.72 (0.37–1.43) 0.35
Conversion rate (yes, %) 108 (19) 70 (19) 38 (19) 1.04 (0.67 ± 1.62) 0.85 1.06 (0.65–1.72) 0.81
ICU admission (yes, %) 209 (28) 130 (27) 79 (32) 1.30 (0.92–1.80) 0.12 1.35 (0.91–2.07) 0.15
Length of ICU admission in days (mean ± sd) 2.6 ± 2.9 2.9 ± 3.4 2.1 ± 1.6 0.42 0.29
30-days mortality (yes,%) 8 (1) 6 (1) 2 (1) 0.63 0.59
Length of hospital day in days (mean ± sd) 10.0 ± 8.4 10.4 ± 8.7 9.3 ± 7.9 0.12 0.31

*Adjusted to age, sex, ASA, smoking, operation type, surgical approach (except for conversion rate), operation urgency