Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 Jan;259(1):123–130. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828a0ee4

TABLE 4.

Unadjusted Relationships Between Preoperative Comorbidities and Other Factors With 30-Day Death for 81,751 RYGB Surgeries

N (%) With Each Comorbidity
% Death Within 30-Days P
n %
Hypertension N 39,224 48.0% 0.09% <0.0001
Y 42,527 52.0% 0.21%
Congestive heart failure N 79,822 97.6% 0.13% <0.0001
Y 1929 2.4% 0.83%
Ischemic heart disease N 79,286 97.0% 0.14% 0.0001
Y 2465 3.0% 0.45%
Angina assessment N 79,341 97.1% 0.15% 0.464
Y 2410 2.9% 0.21%
Peripheral vascular disease N 80,743 98.8% 0.15% 0.0044
Y 1008 1.2% 0.50%
Lower extremity edema N 71,105 87.0% 0.14% 0.286
Y 10,646 13.0% 0.19%
DVT/PE N 79,278 97.0% 0.15% 0.230
Y 2473 3.0% 0.24%
Diabetes N 55,974 68.5% 0.11% <0.0001
Y 25,777 31.5% 0.24%
Hyperlipidemia N 59,204 72.4% 0.12% 0.0003
Y 22,547 27.6% 0.23%
GOUT/Hyperuricemia N 80,879 98.9% 0.15% 0.018
Y 872 1.1% 0.46%
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome N 51,969 63.6% 0.13% 0.056
Y 29,782 36.4% 0.18%
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome N 80,124 98.0% 0.14% 0.0003
Y 1627 2.0% 0.49%
Pulmonary hypertension N 81,312 99.5% 0.14% <0.0001
Y 439 0.5% 1.59%
GERD N 61,528 75.3% 0.15% 0.742
Y 20,223 24.7% 0.16%
Liver disease N 79,792 97.6% 0.15% 0.017
Y 1959 2.4% 0.36%
Psychosocial impairment N 78,594 96.1% 0.15% 0.047
Y 3157 3.9% 0.29%
Depression N 61,022 74.6% 0.14% 0.429
Y 20,729 25.4% 0.17%
Mental Health diagnosis N 72,505 88.7% 0.16% 0.265
Y 9246 11.3% 0.11%
Alcohol use N 70,901 86.7% 0.15% 0.725
Y 10,850 13.3% 0.14%
Substance abuse N 81,399 99.6% 0.15% 0.466
Y 352 0.4% 0.00%
Tobacco use N 77,704 95.0% 0.15% 0.705
Y 4047 5.0% 0.17%
Pseudotumor cerebri N 81,563 99.8% 0.15% 0.177
Y 188 0.2% 0.53%
Abdominal hernia N 77,384 94.7% 0.14% 0.0099
Y 4367 5.3% 0.30%
Functional status N 78,788 96.4% 0.14% <0.0001
Y 2963 3.6% 0.44%