Table 3.

Effect of baseline characteristics on outcomes in patients with low surgical stress (appendicitis, cholecystitis), N = 483

	Univariable		Multivariable
	OR/RC (95% CI)	p-value	OR/RC (95% CI)	p-value
ICU admission
Transfer	2.68 (1.13–6.32)	0.031	2.76 (0.87–8.71)	0.084
Age	1.05 (1.03–1.08)	< 0.001	1.04 (1.01–1.07)	0.031
BMI	1.09 (1.02–1.17)	0.017	1.05 (0.94–1.17)	0.382
qSOFA ≥ 2	11.38 (4.02–32.20)	< 0.001	7.07 (2.38–20.96)	< 0.001
ICU-LOS
Transfer	2.36 (-0.18–4.91)	0.067	1.74 (-0.75–4.23)	0.160
Age	0.04 (-0.01–0.09)	0.084	0.02 (-0.03–0.07)	0.319
BMI	0.21 (0.02–0.41)	0.035	0.17 (-0.02–0.37)	0.074
Ventilation days
Transfer	1.30 (-1.88–4.48)	0.354	0.71 (-0.89–2.32)	0.251
BMI	0.23 (0.09–0.37)	0.007	0.21 (0.09–0.34)	0.012
qSOFA ≥ 2	1.95 (-1.93–5.82)	0.254	1.44 (-0.37–3.25)	0.085
H-LOS
Transfer	1.99 (0.96–3.01)	< 0.001	0.52 (-0.81–1.86)	0.441
Age	0.08 (0.06–0.10)	< 0.001	0.06 (0.04–0.09)	< 0.001
qSOFA ≥ 2	3.84 (2.35–5.33)	< 0.001	2.83 (1.34–4.32)	< 0.001
Complications ≥ 3a
Transfer	2.00 (0.74–5.41)	0.229	1.61 (0.56–4.65)	0.375
Age	1.02 (1.00–1.04)	0.127	1.01 (0.99–1.04)	0.241
Mortality
Transfer	8.55 (0.77–95.21)	0.096	5.57 (0.35–88.40)	0.223
Age	1.04 (0.98–1.11)	0.172	1.03 (0.97–1.10)	0.352
BMI	0.76 (0.53–1.09)	0.139	0.75 (0.53–1.05)	0.097

OR: odds ratio; RC: regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; qSOFA: quick sequential organ failure assessment; IQR: interquartile range; LOS: length of stay; ICU: intensive care; H-LOS: hospital length of stay

Bold p-values are considered statistically significant