Perioperative Electroacupuncture Can Accelerate the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function in Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy or Gastrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 4
Multiple linear regression analysis.
Variable
Coefficient B
t
95% CI for B
value
Independent predictors of time to flatus
EA (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.535
−12.343
[−1.288, −0.934]
<0.001
Laparoscopic (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.121
−2.753
[−0.507, −0.084]
0.006
Operation time (min)
0.158
3.511
[0.001, 0.004]
0.001
Independent predictors of time to defecation
EA (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.51
−11.951
[−1.425, −1.022]
<0.001
Laparoscopic (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.167
−3.851
[−0.699, −0.212]
<0.001
Sex (male = 1, female = 0)
−0.102
−2.134
[−0.480, −0.020]
0.033
Operation time (min)
0.245
5.516
[0.003, 0.006]
<0.001
Independent predictors of independent walk
EA (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.169
−4.028
[−0.511, −0.176]
<0.001
Laparoscopic (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.197
−4.665
[−0.674, −0.274]
<0.001
Sex (male = 1, female = 0)
−0.12
−2.58
[−0.443, −0.060]
0.01
Age
0.337
8.011
[0.025, 0.041]
<0.001
Operation time (min)
0.294
6.571
[0.003, 0.006]
<0.001
Independent predictors of hospital stay
EA (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.21
−4.493
[−3.722, −1.456]
<0.001
Laparoscopic (yes = 1, no = 0)
−0.171
−3.615
[−3.838, −1.134]
<0.001
Operation time (min)
0.264
5.428
[0.017, 0.036]
<0.001
Intraoperative blood transfusion (yes = 1, no = 0)
