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Table 4 Risk factors for infectious complications

From: Impact of nutritional support that does and does not meet guideline standards on clinical outcome in surgical patients at nutritional risk: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Parameter

SEM

Wald value

P value

OR 95 % CI

Gender

0.224

0.249

0.809

0.368

1.251 (0.768, 2.037)

Age

0.029

0.012

5.963

0.015

1.030 (1.006, 1.055)

BMI

−0.027

0.05

0.284

0.594

0.974 (0.883, 1.074)

Body weight loss >5 %

0.093

0.045

4.306

0.038

1.097 (1.005, 1.198)

Food intake <75 %

0.449

0.19

5.594

0.018

1.567 (1.080, 2.273)

Nutritional support that met recommended guidelines

−0.139

0.045

9.394

0.002

0.870 (0.796, 0.951)

Energy

0.106

0.054

3.807

0.051

1.111 (0.998, 1.236)

Nitrogen

−1.446

0.753

3.685

0.055

0.235 (0.054, 1.031)

  1. Binary logistic regression analysis was used