A Retrospective Study of Risk Factors for Symptomatic Anastomotic Leakage after Laparoscopic Anterior Resection of the Rectal Cancer without a Diverting Stoma
Table 5
Multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Variables
OR
95% CI
Gender
0.095
2.742
0.841-8.943
Age
0.723
1.009
0.962-1.057
BMI
0.644
1.033
0.899-1.188
Diabetes
0.721
1.332
0.276-6.421
Synchronous primary malignancy of left hemicolon
0.011
12.225
1.764-84.702
Preoperative radiotherapy
0.753
1.415
0.163-12.282
Intraoperative chemotherapy
0.013
3.931
1.334-11.583
Perioperative transfusion
0.400
2.561
0.287-22.887
Level of anastomosis
0.030
3.224
1.124-9.249
Transanal tube
0.171
0.486
0.173-1.364
Number of stapler firing
0.852
0.895
0.279-2.868
BMI: body mass index; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
