Preoperative Nutritional Status and Its Consequences on Abdominal Surgery in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Observational Study

Table 4

Factors associated with poor wound healing status among patients undergoing abdominal surgery in hospitals at Wolaita zone in southern Ethiopia, October 2016.

Variables		Wound healed		CHR (95%CI)	value	AHR (95%CI)	value
		Yes (%)	No (%)
LSA (g/dl)	≤3.5	53 (63.9)	18 (81.1)	1.72 (2.3–3.1)	0.02	1.5 (0.231–2.1)	0.712
	>3.5	30 (36.1)	4 (18.2)	1
TLC (cells/mm^3)	<1500	20 (24.1)	63 (82.9)	1.6 (1.02–2.7)	0.04	1.9 (0.85–42)	0.174
	≥1500	63 (75.9)	13 (17.1)	1		1
BMI (kg/m^2)	<18.5	10 (12)	19 (86.4)	6.5 (3.3–12.1)	<0.001	6 (3.1–12)	<0.001
	≥18.5	73 (88)	3 (13.6)	1		1
Weight in hospital stay	Weight loss	48 (57.8)	21 (95.5)	3.1 (2.3, 4.3)	<0.001	3 (2.6–7.4)	<0.001
	Weight gain/no change	35 (42.2)	1 (4.5)	1		1
NRI	<97.5	57 (68.7)	21 (95.5)	2.2 (1.3–3.81)	0.01	2.1 (1.2–3.6)	0.003
	≥97.5	26 (31.3)	1 (4.5)	1		1