Table 4.

Correlation of Bleeding Disorder and Weight Loss >10% With Other Comorbidities.^a

Comorbidity	Bleeding Disorder		Weight Loss >10%
	r	P	r	P
Diabetes	0.047	<.0001	0.006	.3927
Smoking	−0.017	.0096	0.018	.0075
Dyspnea	0.030	<.0001	−0.008	.2594
Ventilator dependent	−0.002	.7859	−0.001	.9214
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.021	.0016	0.004	.5306
Ascites	−0.001	.8636	0.000	.9503
Congestive heart failure	0.049	<.0001	0.017	.0137
Hypertension requiring medication	0.057	<.0001	0.000	.9539
Acute renal failure	−0.003	.6739	−0.001	.8786
Dialysis	−0.004	.5128	−0.002	.8122
Disseminated cancer	0.008	.2134	0.018	.0087
Open/infected wound	0.017	.0117	−0.002	.7456
Chronic steroid use	0.034	<.0001	0.002	.7888
Bleeding disorder	—	—	0.003	.6325
Weight loss >10%	0.003	.6325	—	—
Preoperative blood transfusion	−0.003	.6164	0.036	<.0001
Systemic sepsis	0.009	.1848	−0.002	.7767

^aBoldface values indicate P < .05.