Table 4.
Analysis of hospital outcomes by myosteatosis
| All patients (n = 77) n (%) |
No myosteatosis (n = 51) n (%) |
Myosteatosis (n = 26) n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major complication (Clavien-Dindo ≥ 3a) | 16 (21) | 9 (18) | 7 (27) | 0.254a |
| Major intra-abdominal leak | 11 (14) | 5 (10) | 6 (23) | 0.111a |
| Length of hospital admission, days (median, IQR) | 10 (8–15) | 10 (7–13) | 13 (9–24) | 0.039b |
| Hospital readmission < 30 days | 10 (13) | 3 (6) | 7 (27) | 0.011c |
IQR interquartile range
a χ2 test, b Mann-Whitney U test, c Fischer’s exact test