Research Article

Incidence, Patient-Related Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Postoperative Pneumonia after Cholecystectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 5

Mortality rates of patients after cholecystectomy with or without pneumonia.

Without pneumonia ()With pneumonia () value
(%) (%)

Mortality (1 month)416 (1.72%)138 (2.28%)0.0035
Mortality (2 months)276 (1.14%)92 (1.52%)0.0158
Mortality (3 months)157 (0.65%)53 (0.88%)0.0569

The log-rank test was used to examine the differences in the mortality rates of the 1 : 4 case-control match after cholecystectomy.