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. 2021 Mar;10(3):892–900. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-783

Table 3. Logistic regression factors of perioperative HI.

Parameter Univariate Multivariate
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Sex (female vs. male) 1.00 0.44–2.25 0.9965
Age (years) 1.02 0.99–1.04 0.1687
BMI (kg/m2) 1.00 0.93–1.08 0.9678
Previous abdominal surgery (yes vs. no) 1.09 0.47–2.51 0.8432
ASA (III–IV vs. I–II) 1.19 0.53–2.69 0.6747
Diabetes (yes vs. no) 3.65 1.52–8.76 0.0037 2.79 1.10–7.10 0.031
Cardiovascular disease (yes vs. no) 1.31 0.52–3.27 0.5695
Renal diseases (yes vs. no) 2.81 0.49–16.16 0.2468
Liver diseases (yes vs. no) 1.33 0.18–9.89 0.7784
Pulmonary disease (yes vs. no) 0.50 0.09–2.73 0.4257
Cerebrovascular diseases (yes vs. no) 2.05 0.33–12.89 0.4430
Tumour site (right vs. left) 0.74 0.32–1.68 0.4667
Size of the adrenal tumour 1.48 1.14–1.92 0.003 1.43 1.09–1.86 0.009
PASS score 1.05 0.85–1.30 0.6510
Genetic syndrome (yes vs. no) 0.30 0.06–1.47 0.1364
Surgeon (others vs. the most experienced) 1.82 0.80–4.14 0.1536
Blood transfusion 3.79 0.72–20 0.116
Preoperative alpha-blockade (selective vs. nonselective) 1.04 0.44–2.45 0.9338
Preoperative beta-blockade (yes vs. no) 1.38 0.6–3.17 0.448
Urine metanephrine level >10 ULN (µg/24 h) 2.02 0.6–6.83 0.256
Urine normetanephrine level >10 ULN (µg/24 h) 1.46 0.48–4.41 0.508
Urine methoxytyramine level >10 ULN* (µg/24 h) 1.21 0.07–20.67 0.895

*, absolute values of methoxycatecholamines were not significant risk factors HI: urine metanephrine (OR 1.17, 95% CI: 0.92–1.47, P=0.197), urine normetanephrine (OR 1.09, 95% CI: 0.98–1.22, P=0.13) and urine methoxytyramine (OR 1.18, 95% CI: 0.45–3.11, P=0.738). HI, hemodynamic instability; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification system; PASS, Pheochromocytoma of the Adrenal Gland Scaled Score; ULN, upper limit of normal.