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Table 2 Potassium

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

  Unadjusted Adjusted for age and sex Fully adjusted
Hyperkalemia (N = 466) 2.41 (1.93; 3.02)**** 2.22 (1.76; 2.80)**** 2.08 (1.62; 2.66)****
Hypokalemia (N = 855) 1.80 (1.49; 2.17)**** 1.71 (1.40; 2.08)**** 1.38 (1.13; 1.69)**
Age (per 10 years) 2.01 (1.82; 2.22)**** 1.80 (1.62; 1.99)****
Male vs female 1.28 (1.07; 1.54)** 1.42 (1.18; 1.72)***
Time from blood test to surgery (per hour) 1.00 (1.00; 1.00)
Acute vs eletive surgery 5.39 (3.98; 7.31)****
I. Gastroduodenal (N = 362) 5.69 (3.17; 10.22)****
III. Small bowel (N = 291) 3.26 (1.78; 5.98)****
IV. Appendix (N = 178) 1.11 (0.52; 2.36)
V. Colon (N = 1426) 3.9 (2.23; 6.82)****
VI. Rectum (N = 496) 3.53 (1.87; 6.69)****
VII. Herniotomy, adhesiolysis, splenectomy, and diagnostic purposes (N = 723) 3.99 (2.26; 7.04)****
  1. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for 30-day mortality. Biliary surgery (N = 214) and normokalaemia (N = 2369) were used as reference for their respective groups
  2. Adjusted for age, sex, surgical priority( elective vs. emergency) and type of surgery(I-VII)
  3. ****P < 0.0001, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01