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. 2014 Jul-Sep;18(3):e2014.00058. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00058

Table 4.

Variables Associated With Serious and Mild Complications in Gynecologic Laparoscopies: Logistic Regression Analysis

Variables Serious Complications
Mild Complications
cORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) cOR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)
Age group
    <30 y 1 1 1 1
    30–64 y 2.4 (0.99–5.79) 2.43 (1.01–5.87) 0.68 (0.43–1.08) 0.56 (0.34–0.93)
    >64 y 1.27 (0.14–1.13) 1.48 (0.68–3.11) 1.59 (0.47–5.41) 0.95 (0.26–3.45)
Period of study
    2000–2002 1 1 1 1
    2003–2005 0.85 (0.38–1.91) 0.75 (0.32–1.77) 1.06 (0.57–1.99) 1.07 (0.57–2.02)
    2006–2008 1.12 (0.51–2.46) 0.80 (0.35–1.85) 0.57 (0.27–1.21) 0.49 (0.23–1.06)
    2009–2012 1.43 (0.67–3.09) 0.72 (0.31–1.69) 1.65 (0.90–3.03) 1.10 (0.57–2.11)
Prior abdominal surgery (yes vs no) 2.67 (1.49–4.77) 2.77 (1.54–4.99) 0.56 (0.27–1.59) 0.59 (0.28–1.25)
Obesity (yes vs no) 2.10 (0.50–8.87)
Level of difficulty
    Simple 1 1 1 1
    Moderate 2.7 (1.23–5.95) 2.84 (1.26–6.40) 1.96 (1.10–3.48) 1.88 (1.02–3.43)
    Complex 7.66 (3.18–8.46) 8.59 (3.38–1.81) 6.73 (3.50–12.94) 7.64 (3.7–15.74)
a

aOR = adjusted odds ratio; cOR = crude odds ratio.