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

Table 3.

Subgroup analysis – Elective surgery only

Variables Total (n = 460) Body mass index (BMI) in 2 categories (kg/m2)
BMI < 30 (n = 296) BMI ≥ 30 (n = 164) OR unadjusted (95%CI) p-value (unadjusted) OR adjusted* (95%CI) p-value (adjusted*)
BMI (median, IQR) 27.9 (8.3)
Any intra-op Complications (yes, %) 126 (27) 84 (28) 42 (26) 0.87 (0.56–1.34) 0.53 0.89 (0.56–1.42) 0.62
Any post-op complications** (yes, %) 23 (5) 17 (6) 6 (4) 0.62 (0.24–1.61) 0.33 0.48 (0.17–1.37) 0.17
Conversion rate (yes, %) 69 (17) 41 (15) 28 (19) 1.32 (0.78–2.25) 0.30 1.47 (0.82–2.62) 0.20
Laparoscopic, including conversion (yes, %) 416 (90) 270 (91) 146 (89)
Open (yes,%) 44 (10) 26 (9) 18 (11)
ICU admission (yes, %) 109 (24) 61 (21) 48 (29) 1.59 (1.03–2.47) 0.04 1.82 (1.08–3.09) 0.02
Length of ICU admission in days (mean ± sd) 2.1 ± 1.8 2.3 ± 1.8 1.9 ± 1.7 0.50 0.97
30-days mortality (yes,%) 5 (1) 4 (1) 1 (1) 0.49 0.73
Length of hospital day in days (mean ± sd) 8.1 ± 5.5 8.2 ± 5.3 8.0 ± 5.9 0.71 0.23

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

**post-op complication includes Clavien-Dindo grade III or above