Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population
| Â | All | No POI | POI | % POI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute prevalence | 261 (100%) | 176 | 85 | 32.6% | – |
Demographic characteristics | |||||
Gender | |||||
 Female gender | 119 (45.6%) | 85 | 34 | 28.6% | 0.23 |
 Male gender | 142 (54.4%) | 91 | 51 | 35.9% | |
Age (years) | 50.4 | 49.3 | 52.7 | – | 0.092 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.4 | 24.8 | 26.6 | – | 0.01 |
Smoking status | |||||
 Yes | 7 (2.7%) | 3 | 4 | 57.1% | 0.22 |
 No | 254 (97.3%) | 173 | 81 | 31.9% | |
Clinical characteristics | |||||
Diabetes | |||||
 Yes | 10 (3.8%) | 6 | 4 | 40.0% | 0.73 |
 No | 251 (96.2%) | 170 | 81 | 32.3% | |
Chronic steroid use prior to surgery | |||||
 Yes | 66 (25.3%) | 44 | 22 | 33.3% | 0.88 |
 No | 195 (74.7%) | 132 | 63 | 32.3% | |
Chronic opioid use prior to surgery | |||||
 Yes | 58 (22.2%) | 35 | 23 | 39.7% | 0.21 |
 No | 203 (77.8%) | 141 | 62 | 30.5% | |
Indication for surgery | |||||
 Cancer | 140 (53.6%) | 94 | 46 | 32.9% | 0.37 |
 Inflammatory bowel disease | 96 (36.8%) | 68 | 28 | 29.2% | |
 Another condition | 25 (9.6%) | 14 | 11 | 44.0% | |
Case type | |||||
 Elective (non-urgent) | 234 (89.7%) | 161 | 73 | 31.2% | 0.19 |
 Elective (urgent) | 27 (10.3%) | 15 | 12 | 44.4% | |