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Table 5 Associations between risk factors and in-hospital mortality calculated with chi-square for linear trend

From: The effects of pre-existing dementia on surgical outcomes in emergent and nonemergent general surgical procedures: assessing differences in surgical risk with dementia

 

Dementia group (N, 120)

Non-dementia group (N, 120)

 

Outcome

Outcome

 

Survived

Died

 

Survived

Died

 
 

n = 86

n = 34

p value

n = 96

n = 24

p value

Risk factor

 Age ≥ 75 years

61 (70.9))

31 (91.2)

.018

47 (49)

15 (62.5)

.235

 Cardiac arrhythmia

39 (45.3)

19 (55.9)

.298

27 (28.1)

12 (50)

.041

 ASA classification > 2

68 (87.2)

30 (98.3)

.134

69 (74.2)

24 (100)

.005

 Emergent operation

38 (44.2)

23 (67.6)

.021

40 (41.7)

17 (70.8)

.010

 Surgical site infection

40 (46.5)

17 (50)

.730

27 (28.1)

12 (50)

.041

 Sepsis

3 (3.5)

18 (52.9)

<.001

4 (4.2)

20 (83.3)

<.001

 Pneumonia

17 (19.8)

15 (44.1)

.007

4 (4.2)

6 (25)

.001

 Lung failure

8 (9.3)

20 (58.8)

<.001

1 (1)

22 (91.7)

<.001

 Pleural effusion

13 (15.1)

8 (23.5)

.274

8 (8.3)

8 (33.3)

.001

 Pulmonary complication

21 (24.4)

28 (82.4)

<.001

12 (12.5)

21 (87.5)

<.001

 Cardiovascular complication

7 (8.1)

10 (29.4)

.003

8 (8.3)

11 (45.8)

<.001

 Acute renal failure

4 (4.7)

18 (52.9)

<.001

3 (3.1)

20 (83.3)

<.001

 Postoperative delirium

21 (24.4)

18 (52.9)

.003

0 (0)

3 (12.5)

<.001

  1. Numbers in bracket show values presented in n (%) unless noted otherwise; cardiovascular complications indicate the total number of cardiovascular complications and include thromboembolism, myocardial infarction and newly diagnosed cardiac arrhythmias. Pulmonary complications indicate the total number of pulmonary complications and include pneumonia, lung failure requiring intubation and pleural effusion requiring drainage