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Table 5 Predictors of overall survival, stratified (on disease-categories) analysis

From: Risk factors, complications and survival after upper abdominal surgery: a prospective cohort study

Risk factors, complications and overall survival

 

Unadjusted

Multivariable adjusted

 

HR

95 % CI

P-value

HR

95 % CI

P-value

Age >65 years

1.29

0.99-1.68

0.058

1.21

0.92-1.58

0.173

Male gender

1.11

0.85-1.45

0.456

1.02

0.78-1.34

0.873

Weight loss >5 %

1.48

1.12-1.94

0.005

1.38

1.04-1.83

0.023

Serum-albumin <35 g/l

1.80

1.30-2.49

<0.001

1.52

1.09-2.14

0.014

Complications

1.58

1.21-2.06

0.001

1.51

1.15-1.98

0.003

Complications and overall survival excluding patients alive <90 daysa

Complications

1.30

0.97-1.75

0.075

1.25

0.93-1.69

0.133

Sarcopenia and overall survivalb

Sarcopenia

0.66

0.45-0.98

0.037

0.69

0.46-1.03

0.066

Weight loss, serum-albumin and tissue indices, analyzed as continuous variables, and overall survivalc

Weight loss (%)

1.05

1.02-1.08

0.002

1.05

1.01-1.09

0.010

Serum-albumin (g/l)

0.97

0.94-0.99

0.018

0.96

0.93-0.99

0.020

L3 SMI (cm2/m2)

1.02

0.99-1.05

0.301

1.00

0.96-1.04

0.914

L3 VAT (cm2/m2)

1.00

1.00-1.01

0.491

1.00

0.99-1.01

0.426

L3 SAT (cm2/m2)

1.00

0.99-1.01

0.657

1.00

0.99-1.01

0.897

  1. a) Major postoperative complications within eight weeks after surgery. Adjusted for age >65 years, gender, weight loss >5 % and serum-albumin <35 g/l in the multivariable adjusted analysis
  2. b)Patients with available preoperative CT images (n = 157). L3 SMI <41 cm2/m2 for women. L3 SMI <43 cm2/m2 for men with BMI <25 kg/m2 and L3 SMI <53 cm2/m2 for men with BMI ≥25 kg/m2. Adjusted for age >65 years, gender, weight loss >5 % and serum-albumin <35 g/l in the multivariable adjusted analysis
  3. c) Patients with available preoperative CT images (n = 157). Age >65 years and gender is also included in the multivariable adjusted analysis