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Table 3 Unadjusted analyses

From: Mortality and complications after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a retrospective multicentre study

 

Death < 30 days, N (%)

Death < 90 days, N (%)

Minor complication, N (%)

Major complication, N (%)

Total sample, N

Indication

 Neurological

36 (13%)

60 (21%)

25 (9%)

47 (17%)

281

 Malignancy

20 (25%)

41 (51%)

10 (13%)

7 (9%)

80

 Other dysphagia

3 (11%)

7 (25%)

5 (18%)

2 (7%)

28

Operation method

 Pull

36 (14%)

70 (27%)

22 (8%)

37 (14%)

261

 Introducer

16 (17%)

27 (28%)

15 (16%)

13 (14%)

95

Age

 18–64

10 (9%)

21 (18%)

11 (10%)

14 (12%)

115

 65–74

14 (13%)

28 (25%)

17 (15%)

10 (9%)

111

 75 + 

35 (22%)

59 (36%)

12 (7%)

32 (20%)

163

Sex

 Women

28 (16%)

53 (30%)

20 (11%)

25 (14%)

176

 Men

31 (15%)

55 (26%)

20 (9%)

31 (15%)

213

Diabetes mellitus

 No

46 (14%)

83 (26%)

31 (10%)

43 (13%)

326

 Yes

13 (21%)

25 (40%)

9 (14%)

13 (21%)

63

Heart failure

 No

47 (14%)

88 (26%)

39 (11%)

48 (14%)

342

 Yes

12 (26%)

20 (43%)

1 (2%)

8 (17%)

47

Ischemic heart disease

 No

41 (13%)

77 (25%)

32 (10%)

43 (14%)

309

 Yes

18 (23%)

31 (39%)

8 (10%)

13 (16%)

80

COPD*

 No

55 (15%)

98 (28%)

37 (10%)

50 (14%)

356

 Yes

4 (12%)

10 (30%)

3 (9%)

6 (18%)

33

Body mass index (KG/M2)

  < 18.5

10 (15%)

22 (33%)

9 (13%)

12 (18%)

67

 18.5–24.9

32 (16%)

60 (30%)

21 (10%)

27 (13%)

202

 25.0–29.9

9 (15%)

13 (22%)

6 (10%)

10 (17%)

59

 30 + 

1 (4%)

3 (13%)

0 (0%)

4 (17%)

23

C-reactive protein (MG/L)

  < 10

8 (9%)

13 (15%)

8 (9%)

7 (8%)

86

 10–49

24 (16%)

44 (30%)

14 (10%)

24 (16%)

147

 50–99

15 (23%)

28 (43%)

4 (6%)

16 (25%)

65

 100 + 

10 (32%)

16 (52%)

2 (7%)

6 (19%)

31

Haemoglobin (G/L)

  < 100

8 (24%)

17 (50%)

2 (6%)

7 (21%)

34

 100–119

24 (22%)

37 (34%)

11 (10%)

21 (19%)

109

 120–134

12 (10%)

28 (23%)

12 (10%)

14 (11%)

124

 135 + 

15 (18%)

23 (28%)

7 (9%)

13 (16%)

82

Thrombocytes (X109/L)

  < 150

4 (22%)

9 (50%)

2 (11%)

0 (0%)

18

 150–349

37 (16%)

62 (27%)

20 (9%)

39 (17%)

231

 350 + 

18 (18%)

34 (34%)

10 (10%)

16 (16%)

100

Creatinine (ΜMOL/L)

  < 50

18 (13%)

39 (29%)

9 (7%)

20 (15%)

134

 50–89

31 (17%)

52 (29%)

19 (11%)

30 (17%)

178

 90 + 

10 (33%)

13 (43%)

3 (10%)

5 (17%)

30

  1. *Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease