Table 4.

Predictors of moderate sedation-associated postoperative complications: unadjusted bivariate analysis.

Independent variable	Patients, n	Cardiac, n (%)	Patient Injury, n (%)	Procedure, n (%)	Serious, n (%)	Any, n (%)
Age, y
18–49	62	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (14.5)	0 (0)	9 (14.5)
≥50	170	7 (4.1)	1 (0.6)	26 (15.3)	8 (4.7)	31 (18.2)
P value		0.235	1.000	0.884	0.183	0.507
Sex
Female	70	2 (2.9)	1 (1.4)	8 (11.4)	3 (4.3)	11 (15.7)
Male	162	5 (3.1)	0 (0)	27 (16.7)	5 (3.1)	29 (11.7)
P value		1.000	0.302	0.306	0.946	0.686
ASA
1/2	42	2 (4.8)	0 (0)	5 (11.9)	2 (4.8)	6 (14.3)
≥3	190	5 (2.6)	1 (0.5)	30 (15.8)	6 (3.2)	34 (17.9)
P value		0.817	1.000	0.524	0.961	0.575
Child-Pugh
A	199	5 (2.5)	1 (0.5)	31 (15.6)	6 (3.0)	35 (17.6)
B+C	33	2 (6.1)	0 (0)	4 (12.1)	2 (6.1)	5 (15.2)
P value		0.270	0.683	0.607	0.375	0.731
Procedure
EGD	221	7 (3.2)	1 (0.5)	34 (15.4)	8 (3.6)	39 (17.6)
Enteroscopy	11	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (9.1)	0 (0)	1 (9.1)
P value		0.549	0.823	0.159	0.521	0.463
Portal hypertension history
Yes	158	7 (4.4)	1 (0.6)	27 (17.1)	8 (5.1)	32 (20.3)
No	74	1 (1.4)	0 (0)	8 (10.8)	1 (1.4)	8 (10.8)
P value		0.417	1.000	0.213	0.317	0.076
Cardiac comorbidities
Yes	42	1 (2.4)	0 (0)	4 (9.5)	1 (2.4)	4 (9.5)
No	190	7 (3.7)	1 (0.5)	31 (16.3)	8 (4.2)	36 (18.9)
P value		1.000	1.000	0.266	0.909	0.143
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	24	1 (4.2)	0 (0)	5 (20.8)	1 (4.2)	5 (20.8)
No	208	7 (3.4)	1 (0.5)	30 (14.4)	8 (3.8)	35 (16.8)
P value		1.000	1.000	0.596	1.000	0.836
Shift
Daytime	161	3 (1.9)	1 (0.6)	21 (13.0)	3 (1.9)	17 (10.6)
Evening	71	4 (5.6)	0 (0)	14 (19.7)	5 (7.0)	23 (32.4)
P value		0.205	1.000	0.191	0.109	<0.001

ASA – American Society of Anesthesiologists; EGD – esophagogastroduodenoscopy.