Laparoscopy for emergency abdominal surgery is associated with reduced physical functional decline in older patients: a cohort study

Table 3 Association between the emergency abdominal surgery and postoperative functional decline^*

Covariate	Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Age per year	1.08	1.02–1.15	0.005
Male	0.38	0.16–0.90	0.027
ASA score	2.53	1.30–4.93	0.006
Surgical procedures (laparoscopic surgery)	0.22	0.05–0.83	0.025

Abbreviations: ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
^*Postoperative functional decline was defined as a decrease in BI score at 28 days postoperatively compared with the preoperative value. A decrease of ≥ 20 points in BI indicated a complete functional decline in two domains or the need for new assistance in four domains

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