Table 5.
Univariate logistic analysis (mean ± standard deviation) performed to investigate the predictivity of postoperative complication
| Patients without complications (n=304) | Median (min–max) | Patients with complications (n=50) | Median (min–max) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 60.37±9.35 | 60 (36–83) | 63.58±9.41 | 65 (43–89) | 0.020 | |
| Gender (F/M) | 108 (35.5%)/196 (64.5%) | 23 (46%)/27 (54%) | 0.155 | |||
| ASA | 2 | 114 (37.7%) | 17 (34%) | 0.612 | ||
| 3 | 188 (62.3%) | 33 (66%) | ||||
| Logistic EuroSCORE | 2.36±2.26 | 1.59 (0.88–18.89) | 4.23±3.56 | 3.05 (0.88–17) | <0.001 | |
| Ejection fraction | 50.66±8.65 | 50 (25–65) | 44.9±11.23 | 50 (25–60) | 0.001 | |
| HbA1c | 7.79±2.2 | 7.2 (4.5–14.1) | 8.45±2.1 | 7.9 (4.46–14.5) | 0.030 | |
| Preoperative albumin | 3.87±0.45 | 3.9 (2.7–4.9) | 3.63±0.54 | 3.8 (2.3–4.6) | 0.004 | |
| Preoperative creatinine | 1.15±4.32 | 0.83 (0.33–76) | 1.01±0.38 | 0.94 (0.58–2.46) | 0.061 | |
| Preoperative sodium | 137.4±8.25 | 138 (135–150) | 137.68±2.87 | 138 (128–146) | 0.480 | |
| Preoperative potassium | 4.27±0.46 | 4.21 (2.85–5.88) | 4.32±0.51 | 4.3 (3.5–5.4) | 0.700 | |
| Preoperative haematocrit | 38.8±9.15 | 37.9 (25.6–56.7) | 36.28±4.54 | 37.2 (24.2–47.1) | 0.020 | |
| Smoking | 53 (17.4%) | 5 (10%) | 0.188 | |||
| Pulmonary diseases | 52 (17.1%) | 12 (24%) | 0.240 | |||
| Hypertension | 145 (47.7%) | 27 (54%) | 0.409 | |||
| Peripheral vascular disease | 25 (8.2) | 5 (10%) | 0.676 | |||
| Hyperlipidaemia | 60 (19.7%) | 8 (16%) | 0,534 | |||
| Cerebrovascular disease | 3 (1%) | 3 (6%) | 0.011 | |||
ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiology