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. 2012 Aug 7;107(6):931–936. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.350

Table 4. Multivariate logistic regression for predictors of inpatient rehabilitation/convalescent care and infection in patients over 65 years of age undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.

  Infection Convalescent/rehabilitation care
  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P -value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P -value Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P -value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P -value
Sarcopenia
 No 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0  
 Yes 4.4 (1.5, 13.0) 0.008 4.6 (1.5, 13.9) 0.007 2.6 (0.92, 7.6) 0.070 3.1 (1.04, 9.4) 0.043
                 
Sex
 Female 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0  
 Male 1.1 (0.43, 2.8) 0.84 0.99 (0.36, 2.7) 0.98 0.68 (0.25, 1.8) 0.45 0.65 (0.22, 1.9) 0.43
                 
Cancer stage
 II 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0  
 III 0.63 (0.21, 1.9)   0.63 (0.20, 2.0)   1.5 (0.46, 4.6)   1.6 (0.48, 5.5)  
 IV 0.45 (0.14, 1.5) 0.42 0.42 (0.12, 1.5) 0.40 0.60 (0.16, 2.4) 0.40 0.74 (0.18, 3.1) 0.48
                 
Primary tumour site
 Colon/rectosigmoid junction 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0  
 Rectum 1.2 (0.43, 3.6) 0.67 1.1 (0.37, 3.5) 0.82 2.6 (0.92, 7.3) 0.073 2.7 (0.88, 8.1) 0.082

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio.