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. 2022 Jul 25;22:236. doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01775-6

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with PLOS (days)

Univariate Multivariate
β (95% CI) P value β (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 0.11 (-0.04, 0.26) 0.1446
Male -0.36 (-3.19, 2.46) 0.8016
History of smoking -2.55 (-4.97, -0.13) 0.0399 -1.77 (-3.58, 0.04) 0.0561
Preoperative chemotherapy -1.10 (-3.81, 1.61) 0.4280
Coexisting disease
  Hypertension 1.14 (-1.98, 4.26) 0.4754
  DM 0.68 (-3.54, 4.90) 0.7519
  Heart disease -0.55 (-3.99, 2.90) 0.7563
  Lung disease 1.89 (-0.91, 4.69) 0.1877
Laboratory examination results
  PLT (109/L) 0.00 (-0.01, 0.02) 0.6467
  Albumin (g/L) 0.09 (-0.20, 0.37) 0.5481
  Scr (µmol/L) -0.01 (-0.07, 0.05) 0.6390
  AST (mmol/L) -0.03 (-0.15, 0.08 0.2870
  ALT (mmol/L) -0.04 (-0.12, 0.04) 0.2870
  Preoperative anemia -1.72 (-4.23, 0.79) 0.1799
Intraoperative variables
ASA
  I/II Reference
  III -1.17 (-5.06, 2.72)) 0.5563
Anesthesia type
  GA Reference Reference
  E-GA 1.31 (-1.12, 3.73) 0.2920 0.76 (-1.01, 2.53) 0.4016
Endotracheal tube type
  Single lumen Reference
  Double lumen 0.83 (-1.68, 3.35) 0.5155
Continuous anesthesia
  TIVA Reference
  CIIA -1.02 (-4.91, 2.87) 0.6080
Operation type
  OE Reference
  MIE -0.27 (-2.98, 2.45 0.8470
Blood loss (ml) 0.00 (-0.01, 0.01) 0.5595
Operation time (min) 0.02 (-0.01, 0.04) 0.1809
Vasoactive drug use -0.48 (-2.96, 1.99) 0.7035
Blood transfusion 1.02 (-1.99, 4.03) 0.5067
Postoperative ICU admission 6.31 (1.90, 10.72) 0.0054 2.99 (-1.83, 7.80) 0.2251
Postoperative complications
  Respiratory failure 5.24 (-0.24, 10.73) 0.0621 -0.76 (-6.61, 5.09) 0.7983
  Lung infection 4.88 (2.35, 7.41) 0.0002 3.53 (1.54, 5.52) 0.0006
  Anastomotic leakage 26.62 (22.87, 30.37) < 0.0001 25.73 (22.11, 29.34) < 0.0001
  Surgical site infection 7.86 (0.71, 15.02) 0.0322 9.39 (4.10, 14.68) 0.0006

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, GA general anesthesia, E-GA combined epidural-general anesthesia, DM diabetes mellitus, PLT platelet, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, Scr serum creatinine, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologist Physical Status, TIVA total intravenous anesthesia, CIIA combined intravenous and inhalation anesthesia, OE open esophagectomy, MIE minimally invasive esophagectomy, ICU intensive care unit, PLOS postoperative length of stay