. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 24.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2012 Mar 3;43(5):506–512. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.02.006

Table 3.

Variables associated with postoperative morbidity in the stepwise logistic regression analysis.

Parameter	Adjusted ODDS ratio	95% Wald confidence interval
Open vs. endovascular aortic repair	2.74	1.66–4.50
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	2.36	1.34–4.17
Hypertension	2.84	1.39–5.82
Smoking within 1 year of surgery	1.96	1.11–3.45
Weight loss >10% within six months of surgery	4.93	1.63–14.71

C-statistic – 0.73.