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. 2015 May 15;8(5):8262–8268.

Table 4.

Univariate analysis of risk factors of complications (Yes/No)

Variable Complications (N = 122) No complications (N = 927) χ2 P value
Age ≥ 60 years 58/64 301/626 10.88 < 0.01
BMI < 18 kg/m2 7/115 92/835 2.21 0.14
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 23/99 115/812 3.92 0.04
Co-morbidity 50/72 254/673 9.67 < 0.01
Complications 34/88 236/691 0.33 0.57
ASA ≥ 3 33/89 154/773 8.02 < 0.01
History of abdominal surgery 10/112 88/839 0.21 0.64
New adjuvant chemotherapy 3/119 33/894 0.39 0.79
Anemia (hemoglobin < 100 g/L) 30/92 201/726 0.53 0.47
Preoperative albumin < 30 g/L 14/108 78/849 1.26 0.26
Additional surgery# 6/116 32/895 0.66 0.42
Total gastrectomy 18/104 152/775 0.21 0.64
Combined resection 24/98 43/884 40.75 < 0.01
Laparoscopically-assisted 8/114 50/877 0.28 0.60
TNM Stage ≥ III 78/44 543/384 1.28 0.26
Surgical time ≥ 240 min 63/59 260/667 28.16 < 0.01
Blood loss ≥ 300 ml 49/73 239/688 11.20 < 0.01
Preoperative blood transfusion 17/105 92/835 1.86 0.17
Intra-operative blood transfusion 21/101 101/826 4.19 0.04
Postoperative blood transfusion 29/93 99/828 17.25 < 0.01
Perioperative blood transfusion 49/73 207/720 18.59 < 0.01

ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists).

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Cholecystectomy (n = 23), oophorocystectomy (n =7), myomectomy (n = 3), hepatic hemangioma resection (n = 3), single nephrectomy (n = 1), anterior resection of rectum (n = 1).