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. 2023 Feb 20;11(2):e4799. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004799

Table 3.

Associations between Preoperative Characteristics of Study Participants and the Development of Postoperative Complications

Total, N = 208 Did Not Develop Complications (n = 114) Did Develop Complications (n = 64) P
Age, average ± STD 7.6 ± 22.7 6.6 ± 21.3
8.9 ± 25.7
<0.001
Age ≤ 18 104 (50%) 84 (58%) 20 (31%) <0.001
Age > 18 104 (50%) 60 (42%) 44 (69%)
BMI, average ± STD 24.8 ± 2.7 24.7 ± 2.8 24.9 ± 2.5 0.55
Hormone replacement therapy 93 (45%) 67 (46.5%) 26 (41%) 0.45
Tobacco smoking 57 (27%) 34 (24%) 23 (36%) 0.091
Hypertension 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0 1.00
DM 8 (3.8%) 6 (4.2%) 2 (3.1%) 1.00
IBD 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0
Hypothyroidism 9 (4.3%) 5 (3.5%) 4 (6.3%) 0.46
Psychiatric comorbidities 26 (12.5%) 20 (13.9%) 6 (9.4%) 0.49
Epilepsy 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0 1.00
Asthma 14 (6.7%) 11 (7.6%) 3 (4.7%) 0.55
Migraines 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0
Charlson comorbidity index 12 (5.8%) 7 (4.9%) 5 (7.8%) 0.52
Preoperative laboratory



 Glucose 86.2 ± 10.0 86.5 ± 9.9 85.6 ± 10.4 0.55
 HB 13.9 ± 4.5 13.9 ± 1.4 13.9 ± 1.7 0.94
 PLT 265 [230–312] 264 [228–310] 269 [234–319] 0.59
Follow-up, d, average ± STD 1306 [653–2069] 1340 [658–1811] 1208 [644–3346] 0.33

Values in boldface indicate p < 0.05.