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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun 13;209(5):10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.018. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.018

Table 2.

Losistic Resression Model for Association of Cellulitis after Hysterectomy

Variable Adjusted
 OR
95% CI P
Route of hysterectomy
  TVH (referent) 1 -- --
  Laparotomy 3.74 (2.26, 6.22) <.001
  Laparoscopic 1.45 (0.83, 2.56) .20
Operative time > 75th percentile duration 1.84 (1.40, 2.44) <.001
ASA Class 3 or higher 1.79 (1.31, 2.43) <.001
BMI category
  BMI < 30 kg/m2 (referent) 1 -- --
  BMI ≥ 30 and < 40 kg/m2 1.31 (0.94, 1.81) .11
  BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 2.65 (1.85, 3.80) <.001
Diabetes mellitus 1.54 (1.06, 2.24) .02

Laparotomy included total abdominal hysterectomy and supracervical hysterectomy Laparoscopic included laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy, total laparoscopic hysterectomy, and laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy.

OR= Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval; TVH = total vaginal hysterectomy; ASA= American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI= body mass index