Research Article
Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery: Does Body Mass Index Matter?
Table 3
Postoperative outcomes by BMI.
| Variable | Normal, (%) | Overweight, (%) | Obese, (%) | value |
| Postoperative complications | | | | | No | 106 (87) | 98 (84) | 112 (86) | 0.854 | Yes | 16 (13) | 18 (16) | 18 (15) | Major Complications | | | | | No | 119 (98) | 113 (97) | 126 (97) | 0.950 | Yes | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 30-day readmission rate | | | | | No | 113 (94) | 108 (93) | 118 (92) | 0.827 | Yes | 7 (6) | 8 (7) | 10 (8) | Unplanned CCA | | | | | No | 118 (97) | 112 (97) | 125 (97) | 0.716 | Yes | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) |
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Critical care admission (CCA).
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