Association of Sarcopenia and Low Nutritional Status with Unplanned Hospital Readmission after Radical Gastrectomy in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Case-Control Study
Table 4
Univariate and multivariate analyses (backward) of factors potentially associated with readmission in patients with gastric cancer.
Variable
Univariate
Multivariate
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Age
2.095
0.839–5.227
0.113
Sex, male, n (%)
2.095
0.839–5.227
0.113
BMI, n (%)
0.534
0.278–1.028
0.060
0.540
0.252–1.157
0.113
NRS 2002 score, n (%)
6.160
2.393–15.855
0.001
3.429
1.097–10.724
0.034
ASA grade, n (%)
1.800
0.831–3.899
0.136
Surgical approach, n (%)
0.522
0.200–1.309
0.162
Type of resection, n (%)
1.640
0.682–3.942
0.269
Type of reconstruction, n (%)
0.775
0.436–1.377
0.384
TNM stage, n (%)
1.092
0.679–1.757
0.716
Comorbidities, n (%)
1.537
0.244–9.695
0.647
Previous abdominal surgery, n (%)
3.529
0.884–14.090
0.074
2.935
0.591–14.584
0.188
Duration of surgery, n (%)
1.326
0.467–3.767
0.597
Major postoperative complication
1.586
0.681–3.737
0.282
Sarcopenia, n (%)
5.031
1.899–13.328
0.014
4.249
1.127–16.015
0.033
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/L)
0.986
0.961–1.010
0.250
Preoperative albumin (g/L)
0.882
0.797–0.975
0.014
2.935
0.591–14.584
0.652
BMI: body mass index; NRS: nutritional risk score; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists score; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
