Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the independent risk factors for mortality

Variables	Odds ratio	95 % Confidence interval	p valuea
eTIME	1.028	0.988–1.069	ns (0.169)
APACHE-II score	1.046	0.863–1.267	ns (0.645)
SOFA score	1.122	0.767–1.642	ns (0.551)
Preoperative WBC	0.999	0.999–1.000	ns (0.754)
Postoperative LAC	1.104	1.006–1.214	0.037

eTIME elapsed time from onset to surgery, APACHE-II Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, WBC white blood cell, LAC lactate, ns not significant

^aMultivariate logistic regression was applied