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. 2018 May 23;4(2):e66–e77. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1655756

Table 6. Variance inflation factor test results.

Respiratory complications
Unplanned reintubation a Pneumonia b Prolonged ventilation c
Predictor variables Variance inflation Variance inflation Variance inflation
ASA class 2.068 2.069 2.070
Disseminated cancer
Dyspnea 1.225 1.225 1.228
Gender 1.007 1.011
Operation time 1.146 1.153 1.153
Renal failure 1.091
Sepsis 1.077 1.159 1.161
Smoker status 1.019 1.010 1.015
Ventilator dependence 1.256 1.257 1.281
Wound classification 1.095 1.091
Wound infection 1.107 1.108 1.108
Cardiac complications and mortality
Cardiac arrest d Myocardial infarction e Mortality f
Predictor variables Variance inflation Variance inflation Variance inflation
ASA class 2.050 2.003
Disseminated cancer 1.028
Dyspnea 1.226 1.229
Gender 1.004 1.008
Operation time 1.145
Renal failure 1.092 1.055 1.092
Sepsis 1.077 1.052 1.079
Smoker status 1.019
Ventilator dependence 1.249 1.278
Wound classification
Wound infection 1.069 1.107

Abbreviation: ASA class, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification of physical status.

a

Adjusted for ASA class, gender, operation time, sepsis, smoker status, ventilator dependence, wound infection.

b

Adjusted for ASA class, dyspnea, gender, operation time, sepsis, smoker status, ventilator dependence, wound class, wound infection.

c

Adjusted for ASA class, dyspnea, operation time, renal failure, sepsis, smoker status, ventilator dependence, wound class, wound infection.

d

Adjusted for ASA class, dyspnea, gender, operation time, renal failure, sepsis, ventilator dependence.

e

Adjusted for renal failure, sepsis, wound infection.

f

Adjusted for ASA class, disseminated cancer, dyspnea, gender, renal failure, sepsis, smoker status, ventilator dependence, wound infection.