Research Article
Liver Cirrhosis/Severe Fibrosis Is a Risk Factor for Anastomotic Leakage after Colorectal Surgery
Table 3
Results of the multivariate analyses of the detected risk factors for anastomotic leakage after colonic anastomosis.
| Risk factor | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | value |
| Male gender | 2.3 | 1.1–4.4 | 0.021 | Age | 1.0 | 1.0–1.1 | 0.422 | Diabetes | 1.4 | 0.6–3.5 | 0.439 | Albumin level | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 0.042 | Immunosuppressive drugs | 2.9 | 1.0–7.9 | 0.045 | Liver cirrhosis or severe fibrosis | 4.1 | 1.1–15.5 | 0.036 |
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ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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