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Table 4 Effect of immunonutrition on length of hospital stay and other secondary outcome parameters

From: Effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications after salvage surgery in head and neck cancer

Endpoint

Control

Intervention

p-value

Multivariate modela

n = 45

n = 51

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

Total LOS, median (IQR)

17 (8, 28)

6 (3, 16)

< 0.001

−11.36 (−20.08 to − 2.63)

0.011

Flap total or partial necrosis

1 (7%)

2 (9%)

0.83

–

–

Surgery due to complications

8 (18%)

10 (20%)

0.82

0.45 (0.06 to 3.44)

0.44

Readmissions

4 (9%)

4 (8%)

0.85

0.17 (0.01 to 3.82)

0.27

Mortality within 30 days

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

–

–

–

  1. aThe multivariate model is adjusted for gender, age, body mass index, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 [23], smoking habit, alcohol habit, tumor localization, tumor stage, type of surgery, flap reconstruction, and comorbidities. P-values shown in bold indicate significance. LOS length of hospital stay, IQR interquartile range