Clinical Study

Predictive Risk Factors of Intestinal Necrosis in Patients with Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis: Retrospective Study from a Single Center

Table 1

Result of univariate analysis for baseline characteristics of 78 patients with mesenteric vascular thrombosis.

VariableIntestinal necrosis
N=58(%)
NO intestinal necrosis
N=20(%)
Overall
N=78(%)
P value

Patient demographics
Age(years)60.8±16.461.4±13.360.9±15.50.880
Male/female38:2016:454:240.273
BMI26.7± 2.624.0± 4.525.9±3.30.003
Atherosclerosis risk factors
Tobacco use (%)42(72)12(60)54(69)0.583
Alcohol use (%)36(62)8(40)44(56)0.196
Dyslipidemia (%)28(48)4(20)32(41)0.176
Associated comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus (%)16(28)4(20)20(26)0.569
Cardiac disease (%)26(79)8(40)34(44)0.797
Arterial hypertension (%)14(24)4(20)18(23)0.196
Chronic liver disease %)4(7)2(10)6(8)0.643
Venous thromboembolism (%)6(10)06(8)0.329
More than one comorbidity (%)16(28)2(10)18(23)0.133
Clinical signs on admission
Mean pulse rate (bpm)105.7±27.7101.1±10.9104.5±24.50.474
Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)129.4±24.5133.8±15.6130.5±22.40.451
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (%)12(21)4(20)16(21)0.612
Mean time between onset of symptoms and operation (hours)90.5±80.336.2±22.576.6±73.80.004
Organ failure (%)32(55)4(20)36(46)0.009
Peritonitis (%)44(76)6(30)50(64)<0.001
Laboratory parameters
Mean white blood cell count(9/L)17.1±6.615.3±4.716.7±6.20.253
Mean platelet count (9/L)197.6±81.3186.3±94.5194.7±83.70.603
Mean serum creatinine (umol/L)94.9±74.190.6±17.793.8±64.20.797
Mean serum albumin (g/L)37.1±7.535.7±4.136.7±6.80.436
Mean serum ALT(IU/L)117.9±517.226.7±18.3109.4±479.70.471
Mean serum AST(IU/L)138.1±555.826.3±11.294.6±445.90.406
Mean serum lactate (mmol/L)2.1±0.41.6±0.32.0±0.5<0.001
Mean arterial pH7.31±0.17.39±0.17.3±0.10.001
International normalized ratio (INR)1.17±0.21.15±0.21.2±0.20.706
Dimer (mg/L)10.4±11.68.9±10.210.0±11.10.617

BMI: body mass index; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase.