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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2013 Sep 4;21(2):259–265. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.08.707

Table 2.

Surgical complication analyzed by body mass index, stratified by mode of hysterectomy (n=854)a

Procedure and complications N Non-Obese Obese P Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)b,c
All patients 854 595 259
154 (18.0) 93 (15.6) 61 (23.6) 0.007 1.66 (1.16-2.39) 1.62 (1.12-2.34)
Abdominal 170 102 68
56 (32.9) 33 (32.4) 23 (33.8) 0.9 1.07 (0.56-2.05) 0.82 (0.40-1.69)
Vaginal 163 113 50
25 (15.3) 14 (12.4) 11 (22.0) 0.2 2.00 (0.83-4.77) 1.98 (0.83-4.75)
Laparoscopic 521 380 141
73 (14.0) 46 (12.1) 27 (19.2) 0.04 1.72 (1.02-2.89) 1.67 (0.98-2.83)
a

Data are N (column %)

b

The “all patients”, “abdominal”, and “laparoscopic” subgroup analyses were adjusted for previous cesarean section, previous abdominal surgery, post-operative diagnosis of malignancy, concomitant staging procedure, and concomitant prolapse procedure.

c

The “vaginal” subgroup analyses were adjusted only for concomitant prolapse procedures; Other variables with a zero count