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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 15;37(11):989–995. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823a3a13

Table 3.

Major complications of admissions with and without metabolic syndrome (MetS) undergoing primary posterior lumbar spine fusion.

Complications
Complications No MetS MetS P value
Cerebrovascular Event 0.1 0.2 0.3489
Pulmonary Complication 1.2 1.6 0.0006
Sepsis 0.4 0.2 0.0216
Shock 0.1 0.1 0.8254
Myocardial Infarction 0.3 0.6 <.0001
Cardiac Complications 2.9 5.1 <.0001
Pneumonia 1.3 1.5 0.0308
Venous Thromboembolism 0.4 0.4 0.4148
Death 0.2 0.1 0.2394
Total 5.6 8.5 <.0001