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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2010 Oct;252(4):696–704. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f6c2a9

TABLE 4.

Temperature and Normothermia Rates of Cases and Controls at Various Perioperative Time Points

Temperature or Normothermia Rate (nm = Cases/Controls) Cases n = 146 Controls n = 323 OR (95% CI) P
Lowest intraoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 1/3) 35.9 ± 0.8 35.7 ± 0.8 1.31 (1.01, 1.70) 0.042
% Patients with lowest intraoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 1/3) 44.8% 37.8% 1.34 (0.90, 1.99) 0.15
Final intraoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 1/3) 36.7 ± 0.7 36.5 ± 0.8 1.57 (1.19, 2.08) 0.0015
% Patients with final intraoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 1/3) 87.6% 77.8% 2.012 (1.15, 3.53) 0.015
First postoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 4/5) 36.4 ± 0.7 36.3 ± 0.7 1.31 (0.98, 1.73) 0.065
% Patients with first postoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 4/5) 70.6% 65.3% 1.34 (0.87, 2.074) 0.19

CI indicates confidence interval; nm, number missing; SD, standard deviation.