Table 3. Association between preoperative total body fat mass and postoperative clinical outcomes.

Outcome	Unadjusted (95% CI)	p-value	*Adjusted (95% CI)	p-value
ICU LOS (days)
UCSF	−3 (−6, −1)	0.04	−1.4 (−3, −.1)	0.04
UNICAR	−3 (−18, 13)	0.8	1 (−31, 32)	0.9
Duration of mechanical ventilation (hours)
UCSF	−23 (−42, −4)	0.023	−17 (−34, −1)	0.04
UNICAR	4 (−106, 115)	0.9	6 (−98, 110)	0.9
Duration of dopamine infusion (hours)
UCSF	−4 (−7, −.7)	0.019	−4 (−7, −.8)	0.015
UNICAR	−1 (−16, 14)	0.9	−1 (−13, 12)	0.9
Duration of milrinone infusion (hours)
UCSF	−40 (−68, −11)	0.008	−30 (−54, −6)	0.016
UNICAR	16 (−19, 52)	0.3	19 (−13, 51)	0.2

^*Multiple linear regression for preoperative WHO triceps skin fold-for-age Z-score (TSFZ) on postoperative clinical outcomes, adjusting for age, gender and cardiopulmonary bypass time (CPB).

ICU LOS, Intensive Care Unit length of stay; UCSF, University of California San Francisco; UNICAR, La Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala.