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Table 5 Multiple logistic regression for risk factors for developing pulmonary complications after surgery

From: The prevalence of pulmonary complications after thoracic and abdominal surgery and associated risk factors in patients admitted at a government hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe-a retrospective study

Characteristic

Postoperative pulmonary complication

OR (95% CI)

p value

Yes

No

Age, mean ± sd

45.8 ± 17.2

40.2 ± 19.1

0.99 (0.93–1.06)

0.826

Gender

  Female

13

24

1

0.857

  Male

26

29

0.85 (0.15–4.89)

Smoking history

  No

29

45

1

0.069

  Yes

10

8

0.06 (0.00–1.24)

Alcohol consumption history

  No

23

42

1

0.060

  Yes

16

11

7.02 (0.92–53.46)

Duration period of surgery (min), mean ± sd

148.8 ± 75.0

82.7 ± 35.7

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

0.003a

Length of hospital stay (days), mean ± sd

14 ± 7.6

6.3 ± 7.7

1.21 (1.03–1.42)

0.019a

Incision type

  Lower

2

18

1

0.313

  Middle

30

30

5.06 (0.22–118.10)

  Upper

7

5

2.89 (0.04–194.32)

0.621

Category of diagnosis

 Inflammations

17

34

1

0.476

 Infective

7

10

0.50 (0.07–3.41)

 Trauma

5

3

0.43 (0.03–6.73)

0.550

 Masses

10

6

2.68 (0.28–26.03)

0.394

Comorbidities

  None

17

42

1

0.066

  Present

22

11

6.01 (0.89–40.66)

  1. aDenotes statitically significant