Relationship between preoperative disability and postoperative major outcomes in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.

BMC Geriatr · 2025 · PMC12661677 · PMID 41315994

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Model 1 (adjusted for gender, age, BMI, history of radiotherapy, coronary heart disease, preoperative anemia): Preoperative disability remained a significant predictor (aOR = 4.65, 95% CI = 1.09–19.98, P = 0.038), with preoperative anemia (aOR = 3, P = 0.005) and coronary heart disease showing marginal significance (aOR = 2.14, P = 0.044) (Supplementary Table 1).

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