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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2012 Oct;152(4):528–536. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.07.012

Table VI.

Independent factors associated with venous thromboembolism from a multivariable regression model

Factor OR 95% CI P
Age 1.05 1.02–1.06 <.001
BMI 1.03 1.004–1.05 .016
Anemia 2.4 1.2–4.8 .011
SSI 2.52 1.23–5.17 .011
Wound class (dirty/infected relative to clean/contaminated) 3.4 1.6–7.3 .001
Infection bundle 3.6 1.9–6.7 <.001
(-) h/o angina 0.18 .05–.68 .011
(-) h/o weight loss 0.33 .13–.86 .024
Combined prophylaxis .48 .27–.89 .02

h/o, history of; infection bundle, sepsis, sepsis shock, organ space infection, pneumonia; SSI, surgical site infection.