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Table 1 Baseline demographic factors, surgical procedures, and postoperative outcomes

From: Clinical covariates that improve surgical risk prediction and guide targeted prehabilitation: an exploratory, retrospective cohort study of major colorectal cancer surgery patients evaluated with preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Variable

Count (%)/value

Preoperative variables

 • Age (years)

62 [56–70]

 • Gender (M/F)

46 (55%)/38 (45%)

 • Smoker (yes/no)

11 (13%)/73 (87%)

 • Charlson Co-morbidity Index

6 [3–6]

 • Evidence of metastatic disease at time of surgery

32 (39%)

Surgical procedures

 • Rectal cancer resection

42 (51%)

 • Cytoreduction and HIPEC

23 (28%)

 • Abdominal multi-visceral resection

34 (41%)

 • Total pelvic exenteration

14 (17%)

Intraoperative outcomes

 Intraoperative blood transfusion

17 (21%)

Postoperative outcomes

 • Re-look operative intervention during index admission

5 (6%)

 • Postoperative complications (by highest Clavien-Dindo grading)

0

25 (34%)

I–II

25 (34%)

III–IV

21 (29%)

V

2 (3%)

 • Composite Complication Index

24.2 [16.1–39.7]

 • DAH-90

75 [58–79]

  1. Continous not normally distributed variables are presented as median with interquartiles range (IQR), categorical variable are presented as absolute and relative frequencies n (%)
  2. HIPEC, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; IQR, interquartile range; DAH-90, Days at home within 90 days of surgery