Preoperative albumin-to-fibrinogen ratio predicts severe postoperative complications in elderly gastric cancer subjects after radical laparoscopic gastrectomy

Table 4 Risk factors for SPCs by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses

Variables	Univariate		Multivariate
Variables	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value
Age (≥74 vs < 74)	2.22 (1.37–3.58)	0.005*	1.81 (1.06–3.04)	0.023*
Hypertension (yes vs no)	1.41 (0.83–2.39)	0.21
Diabetes (yes vs no)	1.72 (1.04–2.88)	0.031*	1.29 (0.78–2.19)	0.41
ASA grade (I/II vs III/IV)	0.96 (0.59–1.51)	0.81
Operation time (high vs low)	1.71 (1.03–2.85)	0.029*	1.54 (0.85–2.63)	0.14
Estimated blood loss (high vs low)	0.94 (0.51–1.79)	0.85
Intraoperative fluid utilization (high vs low)	0.92 (0.53–1.58)	0.79
Preoperative CRP (high vs low)	1.83 (1.11–3.08)	0.024*	1.37 (0.79–2.33)	0.25
Preoperative TNF-α (high vs low)	1.15 (0.73–1.77)	0.42
AFR (≤8.49 vs >8.49)	2.54 (1.52–4.22)	0.001*	1.94 (1.09–3.36)	0.017*

The high vs low levels were categorized using the median value as the cut-off value
SPCs Severe postoperative complications, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, CRP C-reactive protein, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α, AFR Albumin-to-fibrinogen ratio, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
*P value< 0.05

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