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Table 1 Basic characteristics

From: Preoperative risk factors including serum levels of potassium, sodium, and creatinine for early mortality after open abdominal surgery: a retrospective cohort study

  Alive after 30 days Dead within 30 days P-value
N (%) 2950 740
Age (years)* 75.2 (67.7; 82.2) 81.7 (75.1; 86.9)  < 0.0001
Females, N (%) / males N (%)** 1806 (61) / 1144 (39) 463 (63) / 277 (37) 0.5
Time from blood test to surgery (hours)* 20.5 (7.3; 27.2) 8.8 (4.2; 19.0)  < 0.0001
Acute surgery, N (%) / eletive surgery, N (%)** 1792 (61) / 1158 (39) 675 (91) / 65 (9)  < 0.0001
P-Sodium (mmol/L)* 138 (135; 140) 137 (133; 140)  < 0.0001
P-Potassium (mmol/L)* 3.9 (3.5; 4.2) 3.8 (3.4; 4.3) 0.8
P-Creatinine (micromol/L)* 81 (67; 100) 102 (79; 152)  < 0.0001
Surgical category, N (%)**
 I. Gastroduodenal 226 (8) 136 (18)  
 II. Biliary 199 (7) 15 (2)  
 III. Small bowel 216 (7) 75 (10)  
 IV. Appendix 162 (6) 16 (2)  < 0.0001
 V. Colon 1156 (39) 270 (37)  
 VI. Rectum 447 (15) 49 (7)  
 VII. Herniotomy, adhesiolysis, splenectomy, and diagnostic purposes 544 (18) 179 (24)  
  1. ”*”Medians and interquartile range (IQR) are shown. Differences were tested using Mann–Whitney U tests
  2. “**”Numbers and percentages are shown. Differences were tested using chi-square statistics