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. 2018 Jul 18;28(12):3801–3808. doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3404-8

Table 3.

Predictors of intraoperative presence of internal herniation

Variable Internal herniation (%) OR 95%CI p value
Age > 45 (n = 75) 46 (61.3%) 1.01 0.56–1.84 0.965
Female gender (n = 171) 101 (59.1%) 0.42 0.15–1.20 0.107
Male gender (n = 22) 17 (77.3%) 2.36 0.83–6.69 0.107
Reoperation after 2014 (n = 137) 87 (64.0%) 1.49 0.80–2.79 0.214
BMI ≥ 30 at reoperation (n = 73) 47 (65.3%) 1.34 0.73–2.46 0.340
BMI loss ≥ 20 (n = 25) 15 (60.0%) 1.04 0.45–2.43 0.926
%TWL > 40 (n = 44) 30 (68.2%) 1.54 0.75–3.14 0.753
Acute surgery (n = 73) 57 (79.2%) 3.74 1.91–7.31 < 0.001*
Elective surgery (n = 121) 61 (50.4%) 0.27 0.14–0.52 < 0.001*
CT normal (n = 87) 43 (47.3%) 0.20 0.09–0.45 < 0.001*
Internal herniation on CT (n = 58) 48 (82.8%) 4.91 2.11–10.93 < 0.001*

%TWL = percentage total weight loss

BMI, body mass index; GB, gastric bypass; CT, computed tomography

*Significant difference