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. 2018 Jul 19;22(5):785–792. doi: 10.1007/s10029-018-1798-9

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted effect of mesh-augmentation on important outcome variables

Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
In-hospital mortality
 VAC-IPOM 0.76 (0.32–1.82) 0.534 0.45 (0.13–1.61) 0.221
 ASA score > 3 2.56 (1.02–6.42) 0.045 3.92 (1.08–14.23) 0.038
 Emergency primary procedure 2.04 (0.88–4.71) 0.097 3.60 (1.13–11.44) 0.030
 Immunosuppressive drugs 4.72 (1.54–14.46) 0.006 5.14 (1.43–18.44) 0.012
Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Intestinal fistula at 100 days
 VAC-IPOM 1.29 (0.54–3.04) 0.566 2.06 (0.78–5.42) 0.143
 ASA score > 3 0.26 (0.05–1.02) 0.052 0.19 (0.04–0.97) 0.045
 Emergency primary procedure 0.38 (0.15–0.94) 0.035 0.47 (0.18–1.20) 0.114
Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Hazard ratio (95% CI) Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Hernia-free survival
 VAC-IPOM 0.30 (0.09–1.02) 0.055 0.36 (0.10–1.27) 0.114
 Immunosuppressive drugs 3.02 (0.87–10.5) 0.083 2.74 (0.78–9.64) 0.116
 Age 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.078 0.97 (0.94–1.01) 0.126
Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Hazard ratio (95% CI) Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Duration of stay on Intensive care unit
 VAC-IPOM 0.52 (0.36–0.77) < 0.001 0.53 (0.36–0.79) 0.002
 Emergency primary procedure 1.26 (0.89–1.78) 0.193 1.29 (0.88–1.89) 0.198
 Immunosuppressive drugs 1.67 (0.97–2.90) 0.066 1.38 (0.79–2.43) 0.257
 Age 1.01 (1.00–1.03) 0.034 1.01 (1.00–1.03) 0.109
 Malignancy 0.67 (0.47–0.95) 0.026 0.77 (0.53–1.13) 0.189
Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Hazard ratio (95% CI) Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Duration of hospital stay
 VAC-IPOM 0.57 (0.38–0.87) 0.008 0.61 (0.40–0.94) 0.024
 Age 1.02 (1.00–1.03) 0.029 1.01 (1.00–1.03) 0.115
 Malignancy 0.74 (0.49–1.01) 0.138 0.86 (0.58–1.30) 0.484
Unadjusted p Adjusted p
Incidence risk ratio (95% CI) Incidence risk ratio (95% CI)
Re-operations during OA treatment
 VAC-IPOM 0.49 (0.41–0.58) < 0.001 0.48 (0.39–0.58) < 0.001
 ASA Score > 3 0.70 (0.57–0.85) < 0.001 1.04 (0.82–1.32) 0.755
 Emergency primary procedure 0.89 (0.78–1.02) 0.090 0.89 (0.76–1.04) 0.134
 Age 0.99 (0.99–0.99) < 0.001 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.345
 Malignancy 0.69 (0.60–0.79) < 0.001 0.75 (0.64–0.89) < 0.001
 BMI 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.117 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 0.016
 Male gender 0.81 (0.71–0.92) 0.001 0.90 (0.78–1.04) 0.151

Odds ratios, hazard ratios and incidence risk ratios are shown VAC-IPOM versus VAWCM. Variables with a p value below 0.2 on univariable analysis are displayed

Bold values are considered significant (p < 0.05)

95% CI 95% confidence interval; ASA American Society of Anaesthesiology