Table 2.

Variables associated with postoperative death and one year mortality in complex surgical patients.

	Postoperative death			All deaths < 1year
	Yes (n = 42)	No (n = 578)	P	Yes (n = 109)	No (n = 511)	P
Age (yrs.)	66.9 (13.5)	59.9 (15.6)	0.005	65.8 (14)	59.3 (15.7)	<0.001
Gender (M/F)	28/14 (67%/33%)	332/246 (57%/43%)	0.242	72/37 (66%/34%)	288/233 (56%/44%)	0.04
ASA score	2.83 (0.5)	2.41 (0.6)	<0.001	2.75 (0.6)	2.37 (0.6)	<0.001
s-Alb pre (g/L)	35.2 (7.3)	41.2 (6)	<0.001	37.4 (6.3)	41.5 (5.9)	<0.001
s-Alb < 35 g/L (y/n)	17/25 (40%/60%)	82/496 (14%/86%)	<0.001	33/66 (30%/61%)	65/446 (13%/87%)	<0.001
s-Alb post (g/L)	19.5 (5)	30.7 (8.6)	<0.001	23.8 (6.4)	31.2 (9)	<0.001
∆s-Alb (g/L)	−15.71 (7.1)	−10.51 (7.1)	<0.001	−13.5 (0.7)	−10.3 (7.2)	<0.001
Creatinine pre (mg/dL)	1.1 (0.7)	0.9 (4.1)	0.003	1.1 (0.7)	0.9 (0.3)	0.007
Cr > 1.2 mg/dL (y/n)	9/33 (21%/79%)	43/535 (7%/93%)	0.002	19/89 (17%/82%)	33/478 (7%/93%)	<0.001
ICU days*	18 (4–24)	2 (1–3)	<0.001	3 (1–16)	2 (1–3)	<0.001
LOS days*	24 (8–45)	13 (9–25)	0.060	20 (9–40)	13 (9–24)	0.004
N drugs at discharge				7.2 (3.1)	6.2 (3)	0.015
Reoperation required (y/n)	13/29 (31%/69%)	99/479 (17%/83%)	0.024	21/88 (19%/81%)	91/420 (18%/82%)	0.7
Complications (y/n)	42/0 (100%/0%)	434/144 (75%/25%)	<0.001	92/17 (84%/16%)	384/127 (75%/25%)	0.03

^*IQR (interquartile range).