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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2020 Dec 10;73(1):204–218. doi: 10.1002/hep.31558

Table 3:

Multivariable Regression Models for 30, 90, and 180-day Post-Operative Mortality

Variable Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P-value
30-day Post-Operative Mortality Model
ASA Class (Ordinal; 2, 3, or 4) 2.89 (1.84 – 4.54) <0.001*
Emergency Procedure 2.53 (1.54 – 4.16) <0.001*
Surgery Category 0.012* (joint)
 Abdominal – Laparoscopic 1.0 (Ref)
 Abdominal – Open 4.76 (0.89 – 25.54) 0.069
 Abdominal Wall 2.10 (0.39 – 11.23) 0.386
 Vascular 2.50 (0.42 – 14.95) 0.315
 Major Orthopedic 4.32 (0.82 – 22.69) 0.083
 Chest/Cardiac 6.64 (1.20 – 36.64) 0.030*
Albumin (per 1 g/dL) <0.001*
 Spline 1 0.60 (0.36 – 0.98)
 Spline 2 0.37 (0.13 – 1.08)
Platelet Count (per 1,000/μL) 0.002*
 Spline 1 0.99 (0.99 – 1.00)
 Spline 2 1.00 (0.99 – 1.01)
Total Bilirubin (per 1 mg/dL) 1.16 (1.06 – 1.26) 0.001*
Etiology of Cirrhosis
 Non-NAFLD 1.0 (Ref)
 NAFLD 2.29 (1.37 – 3.82) 0.002*
Obesity (body mass index ≥30) 0.47 (0.30 – 0.74) 0.001*
90-day Post-Operative Mortality Model
ASA Class (Ordinal; 2, 3, or 4) 1.99 (1.33 – 2.99) 0.001*
Emergency Procedure 1.87 (1.12 – 3.12) 0.017*
Surgery Category 0.015* (joint)
 Abdominal – Laparoscopic 1.0 (Ref)
 Abdominal – Open 3.86 (1.12 – 13.25) 0.032*
 Abdominal Wall 1.28 (0.36 – 4.56) 0.702
 Vascular 2.87 (0.81 – 10.17) 0.102
 Major Orthopedic 2.91 (0.88 – 9.66) 0.081
 Chest/Cardiac 3.54 (0.99 – 12.75) 0.053
Age (per year) 3.86 (1.12 – 13.25) 0.008*
Albumin (per 1 g/dL) <0.001*
 Spline 1 0.62 (0.38 – 1.00)
 Spline 2 0.37 (0.15 – 0.94)
Etiology of Cirrhosis
 Non-NAFLD 1.0 (Ref)
 NAFLD 2.29 (1.44 – 3.63) <0.001*
180-day Post-Operative Mortality Model
ASA Class (Ordinal; 2, 3, or 4) 2.34 (1.46 – 3.74) <0.001*
Surgery Category 0.270 (joint)
 Abdominal – Laparoscopic 1.0 (Ref)
 Abdominal – Open 2.42 (0.79 – 7.38) 0.120
 Abdominal Wall 1.22 (0.40 – 3.68) 0.726
 Vascular 1.59 (0.49 – 5.14) 0.440
 Major Orthopedic 1.13 (0.37 – 3.44) 0.829
 Chest/Cardiac 1.54 (0.45 – 5.31) 0.494
Age (per year) 1.03 (1.00 – 1.06) 0.073
Platelet Count (per 1,000/μL) 0.057
 Spline 1 1.00 (0.99 – 1.00)
 Spline 2 1.00 (0.99 – 1.01)
Albumin (per 1 g/dL) 0.001*
 Spline 1 0.63 (0.35 – 1.15)
 Spline 2 0.66 (0.26 – 1.69)
Obesity (body mass index ≥30) 0.60 (0.36 – 0.98) 0.040*

Abbreviations: ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; NAFLD = non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

*

Significant at the p<0.05 level

This variable was retained on the basis of minimized Aikake Information Criterion and Bayesian Information Criterion values

Joint hypothesis tests were performed to test the statistical significance of variables modeled using restricted cubic splines