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Table 2 Association of postoperative complications and patient characteristics by sex

From: The effects of preoperative alcohol, tobacco, and psychological stress on postoperative complications: a prospective observational study

 

All (721)

Male (260)

 

Female (461)

 
  

Postoperative complications

 

Postoperative complications

 
  

No (215)

Yes (45)

p value

No (427)

Yes (34)

p value

Age (years)

62 (48–71)

65 (52–72)

66 (59–72)

0.27

57 (47–69)

67(62–73)

0.001*

BMI (kg/m2)

23 (21–25)

24 (22–27)

23 (22–25)

0.18

22 (20–25)

22 (19–24)

0.39

ASA-PS I/II/III

212/483/26

30/175/10

2/41/2

0.21

172/242/13

8/25/1

0.15

Preoperative use of psychotropics

85/693 (12%)

23/206 (11%)

5/45 (11%)

1.00

51/409 (12%)

6/33 (18%)

0.41

Surgical time (minutes)

125 (81–201)

104 (66–227)

262 (186–344)

p < 0.001*

118 (85–161)

196 (131–294)

p < 0.001*

Anesthesia time (minutes)

176 (134–254)

173 (107–282)

305 (236–443)

p < 0.001*

168 (135–218)

239 (179–359)

p < 0.001*

sAs

8 (7–9)

8 (7–8)

7 (6–8)

0.039*

8 (7–9)

7 (7–8)

0.057

Drinking (lifetime)

514/710 (72%)

185/213 (87%)

34/45 (76%)

0.055

275/419 (66%)

20/33 (61%)

0.56

Drinking habit (the preceding year)

429/710 (60%)

166/213 (78%)

30/45 (67%)

0.11

215/419 (51%)

18/33 (55%)

0.72

Unchanged drinking habit

159/423 (38%)

69/167 (41%)

11/29 (38%)

0.73

77/209 (37%)

2/18 (11%)

0.052

Improved drinking habit

264/423 (62%)

98/167 (59%)

18/29 (62%)

0.73

132/209 (63%)

16/18 (89%)

0.052

AUDIT score

2 (0–5)

4 (1–9)

6 (0–12)

0.72

0 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

0.80

AUDIT score of 8 or more

111/666 (17%)

61/195 (31%)

17/39 (44%)

0.14

32/401 (8.0%)

1/31 (3.2%)

0.54

Smoking (lifetime)

265/693 (38%)

129/209 (62%)

32/44 (73%)

0.17

96/407 (24%)

6/33 (18%)

0.48

Smoking habit (the preceding year)

144/693 (21%)

70/209 (33%)

17/44 (39%)

0.51

54/407 (13%)

3/33 (9.1%)

0.68

Unchanged smoking habit

41/140 (29%)

22/69 (32%)

3/16 (19%)

0.46

16/53 (30%)

0/2

0.89

Improved smoking habit

99/140 (71%)

47/69 (68%)

13/16 (81%)

0.46

37/53 (70%)

2/2

0.89

FTND score

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–3)

0.57

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.49

FTND score of 3 or more

92/686 (13%)

48/207 (23%)

11/43 (26%)

0.74

32/404 (7.9%)

1/32 (3.1%)

0.52

K6 score

3 (1–6)

2 (0–5)

3 (1–5)

0.68

3 (1–6)

5 (2–8)

0.12

K6 score of 8 or more

108/694 (16%)

25/210 (12%)

4/45 (8.9%)

0.75

69/405 (17%)

10/34 (29%)

0.071

HADS score

8 (4–13)

8 (4–12)

8 (4–13)

0.49

8 (5–13)

8 (5–15)

0.51

HADS score of 20 or more

40/690 (5.8%)

9/207 (4.3%)

3/45 (6.7%)

0.78

24/404 (5.9%)

4/34 (12%)

0.33

  1. Categorical variables are shown as proportion (%), and continuous variables are shown as median (interquartile range)
  2. BMI body mass index; ASA-PS the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification; sAs Surgical Apgar score; AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; FTND Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; K6 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
  3. *p < 0.05