Table 8 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with postoperative complications.

From: Obesity is not a risk factor for either mortality or complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis

Variables

OR

95% CI

p value

Age (< 79 vs. ≥ 79 )

9.31

1.15–61.37

0.0197

Sex ( male vs. female )

0.22

0.01–1.69

0.1979

BMI (< 25 vs. ≥ 25 )

0.82

0.12–6.62

0.8325

Diabetes

0.00

0.00–0.00

0.9912

Liver disease

0.00

0.00–0.00

0.9955

Previous abdominal surgery

0.98

0.12–20.57

0.9835

  1. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.