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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Apr 30;19(9):1593–1602. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-2835-y

Table 3.

Logistic regression on the correlation between postoperative complication and sarcopenia

Univariable
Multivariablea
OR (95 % CI) P value OR (95 % CI) P value
Age
 <60 Ref
 ≥60 1.15 (0.87–1.51) 0.33
Male gender 1.29 (0.40–1.01) 0.09 1.14 (0.84–1.54) 0.41
Sarcopenia according on TPA 1.06 (0.77–1.47) 0.72
Sarcopenia according on TPV 1.79 (1.25–2.56) 0.002 1.69 (1.16–2.46) 0.006
Race
 White Ref
 Black 0.93 (0.55–1.59) 0.80
 Asian 0.88 (0.29–2.66) 0.83
 Other 0.63 (0.34–1.17) 0.14
BMI category
 Normal weight (18.5–25) Ref Ref
 Under weight (<18.5) 0.51 (0.22–1.19) 0.12 0.54 (0.22–1.31) 0.17
 Overweight/obese (>25) 1.34 (1.01–1.80) 0.05 1.39 (1.03–1.89) 0.03
Type of operation
 Distal pancreatectomy Ref Ref
 Pancreatoduodenectomy 3.56 (2.34–5.41) <0.001 3.49 (2.28–5.34) <0.001
 Total pancreatectomy 6.18 (2.72–14.0) <0.001 6.1 (2.65–14.0) <0.001
a

The multivariable analysis was based on sarcopenia according to TPV