Table 4.
Surgical complications according to patient characteristics–Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2002–2012a.
| Wound Healing |
Infectious |
Cardiovascular |
Respiratory |
Gastrointestinal |
Urinary |
Other |
Any |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | y/n Mean ± SEM or % | |
| Age (yr) | ||||||||
| Mean ± SEM | 57.2 ± 0.8/50.4 ± 0.08 | 57.7 ± 0.2/48.1 ± 0.09 | 58.9 ± 0.3/49.9 ± 0.08 | 56.8 ± 0.1/47.8 ± 0.09 | 57.3 ± 0.3/50.0 ± 0.08 | 59.4 ± 0.2/49.2 ± 0.08 | 54.4 ± 0.2/49.9 ± 0.08 | 56.2 ± 0.1/46.3 ± 0.09 |
| P value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| 18–29 | 0.04/8.0 | 0.8/7.2 | 0.1/7.9 | 1.2/6.8 | 0.3/7.8 | 0.2/7.9 | 0.6/7.4 | 1.9/6.2 |
| 30–39 | 0.09/16.0 | 1.8/14.4 | 0.4/15.8 | 2.5/13.7 | 0.4/15.8 | 0.7/15.4 | 1.3/14.9 | 3.8/12.3 |
| 40–49 | 0.2/23.9 | 3.8/20.3 | 0.9/23.3 | 5.0/19.0 | 0.8/23.3 | 1.7/22.4 | 2.0/22.1 | 7.4/16.8 |
| 50–59 | 0.2/23.7 | 6.0/17.9 | 1.4/22.5 | 7.4/16.6 | 1.4/22.6 | 3.0/20.9 | 2.8/21.1 | 10.6/13.3 |
| 60–69 | 0.2/16.7 | 6.2/10.7 | 1.6/15.3 | 7.4/9.5 | 1.4/15.5 | 3.5/13.5 | 2.5/14.5 | 10.1/6.8 |
| 70+ | 0.2/10.5 | 5.2/5.6 | 1.3/9.4 | 5.8/4.9 | 1.2/9.5 | 2.7/8.0 | 1.8/8.9 | 7.9/2.8 |
| P value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 0.6/66.7 | 13.3/53.9 | 3.5/63.7 | 17.6/49.7 | 3.1/64.1 | 7.1/60.1 | 7.3/59.9 | 24.9/42.3 |
| Female | 0.4/32.3 | 10.7/22.0 | 2.1/30.6 | 11.8/20.9 | 2.4/30.3 | 4.8/27.9 | 3.7/29.0 | 16.9/15.8 |
| P value | 0.002 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.17 | <0.0001 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 0.6/55.8 | 13.8/42.6 | 3.3/53.1 | 16.7/39.7 | 3.4/53.1 | 6.9/49.5 | 6.5/49.9 | 23.9/32.5 |
| Black | 11.4/56.4 | 4.1/7.5 | 0.9/10.6 | 4.7/6.8 | 0.9/10.6 | 2.3/9.2 | 1.5/10.1 | 6.6/4.9 |
| Hispanic | 0.07/7.6 | 2.0/5.7 | 0.4/7.3 | 2.4/5.3 | 0.5/7.3 | 0.9/6.8 | 0.8/6.9 | 3.2/4.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.1/1.8 | 0.3/1.6 | 0.07/1.8 | 0.4/1.5 | 0.1/1.8 | 0.1/1.7 | 0.2/1.7 | 0.5/1.3 |
| Other/Unknown | 0.2/22.3 | 3.7/18.7 | 0.9/21.5 | 5.2/17.3 | 0.7/21.7 | 1.6/20.8 | 2.0/20.4 | 7.6/14.8 |
| P value | 0.11 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Obesity | ||||||||
| Yes | 1.1 10.9 | 2.2/8.8 | 0.6/10.5 | 3.1/7.9 | 0.6/10.4 | 1.0/9.9 | 1.2/9.8 | 4.3/6.7 |
| No | 0.88/88.1 | 21.7/67.2 | 5.1/83.8 | 26.2/62.7 | 4.9/84.0 | 10.9/78.1 | 9.8/79.2 | 37.5/51.4 |
| P value | 0.002 | <0.0001 | 0.08 | 0.2 | 0.36 | <0.0001 | 0.9 | 0.0001 |
SEM = standard error of the mean; y/n = yes/no.
a
Numbers within cells represent mean ± standard error, percentages, or P values; P values are outcomes of design-based F-tests and Chi-square tests, as appropriate.