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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Jun 29;217(3):507–515. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.036

Table 1.

Patient Demographic Characteristics and Preoperative Variables

Characteristic Home discharge Non-home discharge Univariate OR (95% CI) p Value
n=512 n=75
Age, y, mean (SD) 62.2 (11.3) 74.8 (7.4) 3.46 (2.54, 4.71)* <0.001
BMI, kg/m2, n (%) 0.43
 Underweight/normal (<24.9) 186 (36.5) 27 (36.0) Reference
 Overweight (25.0–29.9) 163 (32.0) 18 (24.0) 0.76 (0.40, 1.43)
 WHO class I (30.0–34.9) 89 (17.4) 17 (22.7) 1.32 (0.68, 2.54)
 WHO class II or III (35.0+) 72 (14.1) 13 (17.3) 1.24 (0.61, 2.54)
ECOG performance status, n (%) <0.001
 0 396 (77.5) 37 (49.3) Reference
 1 86 (16.8) 16 (21.3) 1.99 (1.06, 3.74)
 2+ 29 (5.7) 22 (29.3) 8.12 (4.25, 15.53)
ASA score, n (%) <0.001
 <3 296 (57.8) 16 (21.3) Reference
 ≥3 216 (42.2) 59 (78.7) 5.05 (2.83, 9.02)
Medical comorbidities, n (%)
 Cardiac event 37 (7.2) 15 (20.0) 3.21 (1.66, 6.19) <0.001
 Cardiovascular risk factors 284 (55.5) 60 (80.0) 3.21 (1.78, 5.80) <0.001
 DVT/PE 35 (6.8) 10 (13.3) 2.10 (0.99, 4.44) 0.05
 Diabetes 43 (8.4) 15 (20.0) 2.73 (1.43, 5.20) 0.002
 COPD 19 (3.7) 7 (9.3) 2.67 (1.08, 6.59) 0.03
 Other pulmonary disease§ 57 (11.1) 9 (12.0) 1.09 (0.52, 2.30) 0.82
Smoking history, n (%) 0.97
 No 315 (61.5) 46 (61.3) Reference
 Yes (past or current) 197 (38.5) 29 (38.7) 1.01 (0.61, 1.66)
Hemoglobin, g/dL, mean (SD) 12.9 (1.4) 12.2 (1.5) 0.75 (0.63, 0.88) <0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL, mean (SD) 0.9 (0.2) 1.0 (0.3) 3.17 (1.33, 7.54) 0.009
Albumin, g/dL, mean (SD) 3.9 (0.5) 3.5 (0.6) 0.27 (0.16, 0.46) <0.001
Thrombocytosis, n (%)|| 108 (21.5) 21 (28.0) 1.42 (0.82, 2.46) 0.21
CA-125, U/mL, median (IQR) 849 (462, 2700) 481 (135, 1385) 1.18 (1.06, 1.30)* 0.002

Percentages based on non-missing values.

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index, CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DVT/PE, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; OR, odds ratio; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; SD, standard deviation; WHO, World Health Organization; IQR, interquartile range.

*

Odds ratio for age per 10-y increment and per doubling for CA-125.

Cardiac event represents patients with a history of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction or other cardiac event.

Cardiovascular risk factors represent patients with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia or peripheral vascular disease.

§

Other pulmonary disease represents patients with asthma, sleep apnea, or other pulmonary diagnoses.

||

Thrombocytosis defined as preoperative platelet count >450 × 109/L.