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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 Jun 13;16(8):1478–1486. doi: 10.1007/s11605-012-1923-5

Table 2.

Sarcopenia and hospital stay, morbidity, and mortality among men and women

Men
Women
Sarcopenia
(n=74)
No Sarcopenia
(n=222)
P value Sarcopenia
(n = 65)
No Sarcopenia
(n=196)
P value
Hospital stay;
 mean±SD
12,7±9.5 12.5±8,5 0.82 11,1 ±7.9 11,4±8.5 0.81
ICU stay;
 mean±SD
0.5±2.0 0.5±1.7 1.00 0.2±0.6 0.2±0.6 0.74
Postoperative
 morbidity
Any complication;
n (%)
33 (44.6) 115 (51.8) 0.28 27 (41.5) 85 (43.4) 0.80
Clavien grade ≥3
 complication;
n (%)
14 (20.6) 49 (24.8) 0.49 7 (12.1) 34 (20.5) 0.15
Postoperative
 mortality
 30 days; n (%) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.5) 0.44 0(0) 1 (0.5) 1.00
 90 days; n (%) 7 (9.5) 6 (2.7) 0.02 1 (1.5) 3 (1.5) 1.00
 1 year; n (%) 36 (48.7) 68 (30.6) 0.01 24 (35.9) 51 (26.0) 0.09
 3 years; n (%) 59 (79.7) 135 (60.8) 0.003 48 (73.9) 116(59.2) 0.03