Table 4.

Further analysis of the geriatric patients

Variable	Characteristic	LOS ICU (h)	LOS (h)	Need for bowel resection	Need for stoma creation	Redo surgery	30-day mortality	In hospital mortality
		n = 72	n = 72	n = 88	n = 88	n = 88	n = 88	n = 88
Sex	Male	~ x = 69	~ x = 617	24 (54.5%)	16 (36.4%)	18 (40.9%)	8 (18.2%)	9 (20.5%)
	Female	~ x = 15	~ x = 466	20 (45.5%)	8 (18.2%)	13 (29.5%)	6 (13.6%)	7 (15.9%)
	p-value	0.021	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Pre-existing cardiac disease	No cardiac disease	~ x = 15	~ x = 408	20 (54.1%)	10 (27.0%)	10 (27.0%)	4 (10.8%)	4 (10.8%)
	Cardiac disease	~ x = 53	~ x = 622	24 (47.1%)	14 (27.5%)	21 (41.2%)	10 (19.6%)	12 (23.5%)
	p-value	0.016	0.049	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Pre-existing malignant disease	No malignant disease	~ x = 52	~ x = 441	32 (47.1%)	12 (17.6%)	19 (27.9%)	11 (16.2%)	13 (19.1%)
	Malignant disease	~ x = 14	~ x = 672	12 (60.0%)	12 (60.0%)	12 (60.0%)	3 (15.0%)	3 (15.0%)
	p-value	ns	0.021	ns	< 0.001	0.008	ns	ns
Cause of bowel obstruction	Adhesions	~ x = 51	~ x = 492	25 (46.3%)	7 (13.0%)	18 (33.3%)	7 (13.0%)	9 (16.7%)
	No adhesions	~ x = 21	~ x = 527	19 (55.9%)	17 (50.0%)	13 (38.2%)	7 (20.6%)	7 (20.6%)
	p-value	ns	ns	ns	< 0.001	ns	ns	ns
Cause of bowel obstruction	All malignancies	~ x = 7	~ x = 656	10 (55.6%)	12 (66.7%)	9 (50.0%)	4 (22.2%)	4 (22.2%)
	No malignancies	~ x = 53	~ x = 462	34 (48.6%)	12 (17.1%)	22 (31.4%)	10 (14.3%)	12 (17.1%)
	p-value	0.029	ns	ns	< 0.001	ns	ns	ns
Localization of bowel obstruction	Small bowel	~ x = 45	~ x = 492	31 (43.7%)	14 (19.7%)	22 (31.0%)	8 (11.3%)	10 (14.1%)
	Large bowel	~ x = 69	~ x = 668	13 (76.5%)	10 (58.8%)	9 (52.9%)	6 (35.3%)	6 (35.3%)
	p-value	ns	ns	0.015	0.001	ns	0.025	ns