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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2019 Dec 25;72(2):622–631. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.10.094

Table 4.

Multivariable logistic regression model results

Preoperative NLR Model Postoperative NLR Model
95% CI 95% CI
OR Low High P-value OR Low High P-value
In-hospital death
 Chronic heart disease 0.771 0.293 2.031 .59 0.761 0.306 1.896 .55
 Chronic kidney disease 2.835 1.030 7.798 .04 2.069 0.764 5.599 .15
 Diabetes 0.617 0.222 1.720 .35 1.281 0.501 3.277 .60
 Procedure type (open v. endo) 1.460 0.556 3.834 .44 0.673 0.265 1.711 .40
 NLR (high vs. low) 5.359 1.682 17.074 .004 2.663 0.758 9.356 .12
 PAD severity (rest pain v. claud.) 2.059 0.551 7.688 .28 1.394 0.351 5.538 .63
 PAD severity (tissue loss v. claud.) 0.949 0.277 3.259 .93 1.439 0.503 4.121 .49
Renal failure
 Chronic heart disease 1.276 0.815 1.999 .28 1.213 0.834 1.765 .31
 Chronic kidney disease 4.797 3.006 7.655 <.0001 4.495 3.063 6.598 <.0001
 Diabetes 1.652 1.007 2.708 .04 2.089 1.400 3.117 .0003
 Procedure type (open v. endo) 1.537 0.983 2.403 .05 1.471 1.010 2.143 .04
 NLR (high vs. low) 1.857 1.177 2.930 .007 2.042 1.259 3.310 .003
 PAD severity (rest pain v. claud.) 1.361 0.616 3.008 .44 1.576 0.870 2.857 .13
 PAD severity (tissue loss v. claud.) 2.252 1.266 4.006 .005 2.072 1.324 3.243 .001
Cardiac/MI
 Chronic heart disease 1.684 0.931 3.044 .08 1.543 1.017 2.340 .04
 Chronic kidney disease 2.540 1.363 4.733 .003 1.877 1.172 3.004 .008
 Diabetes 1.545 0.827 2.885 .17 1.230 0.807 1.876 .33
 Procedure type (open v. endo) 1.520 0.854 2.705 .15 1.472 0.972 2.229 .06
 NLR (high vs. low) 2.907 1.565 5.400 .0007 1.057 0.672 1.664 .80
 PAD severity (rest pain v. claud.) 0.968 0.382 2.452 .94 1.346 0.737 2.459 .33
 PAD severity (tissue loss v. claud.) 0.989 0.494 1.979 .97 1.643 1.028 2.626 .03
Infection
 Chronic heart disease 0.827 0.602 1.136 .24 0.889 0.684 1.156 .38
 Chronic kidney disease 1.636 1.154 2.318 .005 1.793 1.340 2.401 <.0001
 Diabetes 1.202 0.859 1.682 .28 1.387 1.059 1.818 .01
 Procedure type (open v. endo) 1.219 0.885 1.678 .22 1.060 0.815 1.381 .66
 NLR (high vs. low) 1.324 0.965 1.816 .08 1.605 1.178 2.185 .002
 PAD severity (rest pain v. claud.) 2.779 1.448 5.335 .002 2.401 1.480 3.896 .000
 PAD severity (tissue loss v. claud.) 14.06 8.720 22.685 <.0001 8.972 6.284 12.81 <.0001
LOS > 10 days
 Chronic heart disease 1.034 0.738 1.449 .84 0.883 0.665 1.171 .38
 Chronic kidney disease 2.230 1.549 3.209 <.0001 2.205 1.618 3.005 <.0001
 Diabetes 0.877 0.615 1.252 .47 0.981 0.733 1.314 .89
 Procedure type (open v. endo) 2.700 1.919 3.799 <.0001 1.613 1.209 2.154 .001
 NLR (high v. low) 2.645 1.886 3.709 <.0001 2.896 1.971 4.255 <.0001
 PAD severity (rest pain v. claud.) 1.986 1.073 3.674 .02 2.309 1.393 3.826 .001
 PAD severity (tissue loss v. claud.) 7.808 4.923 12.38 <.0001 7.634 5.206 11.19 <.0001

OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval, NLR=neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, PAD=peripheral artery disease, MI=myocardial infarction

Patient demographics (age, race, gender) were also included in each model, but not these covariates were not included in the table.