Decreased physical activity is a predictor for a complicated recovery post cardiac surgery

Table 4 Results of binary logistic regression analysis; predictors of a complicated postoperative recovery

Variable	≤65 years N = 116 (8.7%)			>65 and ≤75 N = 160 (12.8%)			>75 years N = 168 (21.9%)
	OR	95% C.I.	p-value	OR	95% C.I.	p-value	OR	95% C.I.	p-value
Decreased PA	0.711	0.446–1.058	0.114	1.717	1.206–2.443	0.003	1.488	1.032–2.146	0.033
BMI > 30	1.108	0.725–1.693	0.637	1.082	0.733–1.598	0.691	0.900	0.589–1.376	0.627
Insuline dependent diabetes	1.661	0.890–3.098	0.111	1.489	0.950–2.450	0.117	1.977	1.143–3.420	0.015
Extracardiac arteriopathy	0.913	0.495–1.684	0.770	1.406	0.937–2.109	0.099	1.525	1.001–2.323	0.049
History of a neurological event	2.084	1.147–3.786	0.016	1.572	0.975–2.534	0.064	0.905	0.561–1.4269	0.684
Renal dysfunction	1.869	0.388–8.996	0.435	6.633	2.491–17.664	0.001	1.460	0.340–6.262	0.611
Chronic pulmonary disease	1.581	0.825–3.031	0.167	1.202	0.729–1.983	0.470	1.218	0.727–2.041	0.453
Recent infarction	0.780	0.368–1.653	0.517	1.429	0.757–2.698	0.271	0.903	0.475–1.717	0.756
Previous cardiac surgery	1.061	0.365–3.079	0.914	0.894	0.343–2.333	0.820	0.993	0.353–2.798	0.991
Female gender	1.121	0.684–1.836	0.651	1.100	0.745–1.6423	0.633	1.239	0.862–1.781	0.247

PA physical activity, BMI body mass index, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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