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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Nov 8;11(2):313–320. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.05.036

Table 3b.

Clinically Relevant Leak (CRL) by health status

Characteristic N CRL p value
n %
Hypertension 0.39
No 1897 16 0.8
Yes 2547 28 1.1
  Hypertension therapy (75 missing) 0.77
  No medication 263 4 1.5
  Single medication 1099 11 1.0
  Multiple medication 1110 13 1.2
Diabetes 0.10
 No 2849 23 0.8
 Yes 1595 21 1.3
  Type of diabetes medication (4 missing) 0.42
  No diabetes medication 232 1 0.4
  Single oral medication 476 5 1.1
  Multiple oral medication 369 7 1.9
  Insulin (with or without oral meds) 514 8 1.6
Congestive heart failure 0.27
 No 4348 42 0.9
 Yes 96 2 2.1
Asthma 0.89
 No 3373 33 1.0
 Yes 1071 11 1.0
Inability to walk 200 ft (1 missing) 0.19
 No 4359 42 1.0
 Yes 84 2 2.4
History of DVT or PE 0.07
 No 4271 40 0.9
 Yes 173 4 2.3
Sleep apnea 0.42
 No 2187 19 0.9
 Yes 2257 25 1.1
  CPAP 0.23
  No 423 7 1.7
  Yes 1834 18 1.0
  Supplemental oxygen dependent (9 missing) 0.93
  No 2165 24 1.1
  Yes 83 1 1.2
Ischemic heart disease 0.63
 No 4213 41 1.0
 Yes 231 3 1.3
Pulmonary hypertension 0.47
 No 4394 43 1.0
 Yes 50 1 2.0
Venous edema w/ulcerations (280 missing) 0.0003
 No 3961 34 0.9
 Yes 203 7 3.4
Beta-blocker (61 missing) 0.45
 No 3558 33 0.9
 Yes 825 10 1.2
Statin/lipid-lowering agent 0.0827
 No 3241 27 0.8
 Yes 1203 17 1.4
Therapeutic anticoagulation 0.06
 No 4227 39 0.9
 Yes 217 5 2.3
Narcotic 0.22
 No 3645 33 0.9
 Yes 799 11 1.4
Anti-depressant (61 missing) 0.005
 No 2545 16 0.6
 Yes 1838 27 1.5