Research Article
Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery: Does Body Mass Index Matter?
Table 2
Surgical indications.
| | Indications | Normal,
(%) | Overweight,
(%) | Obese,
(%) |
| | Malignant | 32 (26) | 30 (26) | 29 (22) | | Hernia | 30 (25) | 27 (23) | 27 (21) | | Cholecystitis | 20 (16) | 18 (16) | 29 (22) | | All other indications | 8 (6) | 12 (11) | 12 (9) | | Diagnostic chronic liver disease | 7 (6) | 5 (4) | 8 (6) | | Anal fistula | 6 (5) | 11 (9) | 6 (5) | | Haemorrhoids | 5 (4) | 5 (4) | 7 (5) | | Inflammatory bowel disease | 5 (4) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | | Other liver or pancreatic disease | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 6 (5) | | Gastrooesophageal reflux | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | | Pancreatitis | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | | Faecal incontinence | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | | Appendicitis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | | Diverticular disease | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
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