Research Article

Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery: Does Body Mass Index Matter?

Table 3

Postoperative outcomes by BMI.

VariableNormal,
(%)
Overweight,
(%)
Obese,
(%)
value

Postoperative complications
 No106 (87)98 (84)112 (86)0.854
 Yes16 (13)18 (16)18 (15)
Major Complications
 No119 (98)113 (97)126 (97)0.950
 Yes3 (2)3 (3)4 (3)
30-day readmission rate
 No113 (94)108 (93)118 (92)0.827
 Yes7 (6)8 (7)10 (8)
Unplanned CCA
 No118 (97)112 (97)125 (97)0.716
 Yes4 (3)3 (3)4 (3)

Critical care admission (CCA).