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Table 2 Patient Characteristics

From: Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study

Patient Characteristics

N = 1186

Age

74.0 [70.0;78.0]

Male

623 (52.5%)

BMI

26.2 [23.6;29.4]

ASA Score ≥ 3

505 (42.6%)

ESC/ESA Surgical Risk

 High

29 (2.45%)

 Intermediate

778 (65.6%)

 Low

379 (32.0%)

General anesthesia

1106 (93.3%)

CCI

2.0 [1.0;5.0]

Surgical Discipline:

 Orthopedic

384 (32.4%)

 Urology

265 (22.3%)

 Otorhinolaryngology

202 (17.0%)

 General/Visceral

192 (16.2%)

 Gynecology

98 (8.3%)

 Others

45 (3.8%)

Smoking-Status:

 Yes, active

165 (14.1%)

 No, quit

412 (35.3%)

 No, never

591 (50.6%)

Polypharmacy (>  5 drugs)

541 (46.1%)

Preop Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.92 [0.77;1.11]

GFR (MDRD)

75.9 [62.1;88.6]

Pre-existing conditions:

 CAD

201 (16.9%)

 PAD

141 (11.9%)

 Diabetes mellitus

217 (18.3%)

 Liver Disease

52 (4.4%)

 Tumor

537 (45.3%)

 Cardiac Failure

145 (12.2%)

 Cerebrovascular Accident

103 (8.7%)

 Asthma/COPD

266 (22.4%)

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, ASA PS American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status, ESC European Society of Cardiology, ESA European Society of Anaesthesiology, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, GFR (MDRD) Glomerular filtration rate (Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study equation), CAD Coronary artery disease, PAD Peripheral artery disease, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease