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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2014 Dec 29;111(6):771–775. doi: 10.1002/jso.23862

TABLE III.

Multivariate Analysis of Variables Associated With Operative Outcomes*

Complication Variable (Units) Odds ratio (95% CI) P
Length of stay Jejunostomy tube (Yes vs. No) 3.11 (1.14–8.51) 0.03
Total Psoas index (1.5 cm/m2 decrease) 1.75 (1.10–2.78) 0.02
HU average calculation 2.00 (1.22–3.33) 0.01
Intensive care unit admission Blood transfusion (Yes vs. No) 6.88 (2.55–18.57)
HU average calculation 2.33 (1.32–4.00)
Any complication HU average calculation 2.78 (1.47–5.26)
Major Grade III complication J tube (Yes vs. No) 7.08 (2.28–22.00)
Blood transfusion (Yes vs. No) 3.47 (1.24–9.71) 0.02
HU average calculation 3.45 (1.82–6.67)
Infectious complications HU average calculation 1.69 (1.08–2.70) 0.02
Gastrointestinal complications HU average calculation 1.75 (1.06–2.94) 0.03
Pulmonary complications Blood transfusion (Yes vs. No) 3.01 (1.02–8.84) 0.05
HU average calculation 2.56 (1.43–4.76)
Cardiac complications HU average calculation 2.70 (1.54–4.76)
Wound BMI (5 unit increase) 1.60 (1.06–2.40) 0.02
Delayed gastric emptying J tube (Yes vs. No) 9.15 (2.26–36.69)
Pancreatic duct diameter (3 mm decrease) 2.44 (1.35–4.35)
HU average calculation 2.33 (1.19–4.35) 0.01
*

Values provided for the HU Average Calculation reflect a 5 unit decrease.