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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2020 Sep 5;221(2):465–471. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.048

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with PPEI.

Variable Univariate Analysis
Multivariable Analysis
Odds Ratio 95% CI P Odds Ratio 95% CI P

Age 0.99 0.94–1.05 0.82

Gender
 Male Ref
 Female 2.00 0.35–11.58 0.44

BMI 1.02 0.91–1.13 0.78

VHL vs Non-VHL
 Non-VHL Ref Ref
 VHL 5.24 0.89–30.76 0.07 0.32 0.01–8.53 0.50
Cystic Pancreas
 No Ref
 Yes 1.61 0.27–9.53 0.60

Functional Tumor
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.15 0.02–1.31 0.09 0.05 0.001–2.01 0.11

Surgical Procedure
 Enucleation Ref Ref
 Distal Pancreatectomy 0.51 0.05–5.92 0.59 0.18 0.01 –4.29 0.29
 Pancreatiocoduodenectomy 18.50 2.17–157.46 0.008 14.43 1.43–145.76 0.024

Volume of Pancreas Resected 1.01 0.99–1.02 0.33

Multifocal
 No Ref
 Yes 1.82 0.34–9.62 0.48

Tumor Grade
 Grade 1 Ref
 Grade 2 1.40 0.22–9.11 0.50
 Grade 3* - - -

Metastasis
 No Ref
 Yes 3.30 0.53–20.43 0.20

Cysts in remnant pancreas
 No Ref
 Yes 2.42 0.40–14.65 0.34

PNET in remnant pancreas
 No Ref
 Yes 0.43 0.05–3.91 0.46

New or Worsening DM
 No Ref
 Yes 1.49 0.16–14.23 0.73

MEN1: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, VHL: von Hippel-Lindau, PPEI: postoperative exocrine insufficiency.

*

No cases of PPEI for Grade 3 tumors.