Table 5.

Propensity-Weighted Adjusted Odds Ratio of Complications in Patients with Hypoalbuminemia versus Normal Serum Albumin

Albumin < 3.5 g/dL
Variable	OR	95% CI	p-value
Mild Malnutrition	1.68	0.55–5.14	0.36
Moderate Malnutrition	1.35	0.28–6.46	0.71
Severe Malnutrition	1.13	0.26–4.82	0.87
Age	0.84	0.27–2.67	0.77
Operation Type	1.86	0.35–10.05	0.47
Urgent/Emergent	3.86	1.36–10.98	0.01
ASA Class	4.25	1.29–13.97	0.02
Albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dL
Variable	OR	95% CI	p-value
Mild Malnutrition	3.32	0.84–13.12	0.09
Moderate Malnutrition	1.50	0.31–7.14	0.61
Severe Malnutrition	24.22	2.33–251.95	0.01
Age	0.68	0.18–2.49	0.56
Operation Type	0.67	0.74–6.02	0.72
Urgent/Emergent	4.67	1.07–20.45	0.04
ASA Class	0.45	0.14–1.47	0.19
Immunosuppressed	0.35	0.09–1.42	0.14