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Table 2 Comparison of HSCR patients with or without preoperative HAEC

From: Risk factors for Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis following Soave: a retrospective study over a decade

Factors

Preoperative HAEC (n = 35)

Without preoperative HAEC (n = 110)

P-value

OR

Male sex

  

0.440

1.7 [0.5, 5.4]

 Male

31 (88.6)

90 (81.8)

 Female

4 (11.4)

20 (18.2)

Gestational age

 Preterm (< 37 weeks)

2 (5.7)

3 (2.7)

0.594

2.1 [0.3, 13.5]

 Term (≥ 37 weeks)

33 (94.3)

107 (97.3)

Age at diagnosis (months)

10.5 [0, 24.8]

18.0 [7.0, 47.8]

0.027

 

Age at diagnosis

 0–1 year of age

21 (60.0)

45 (40.9)

0.054

2.2 [1.0, 4.7]

 > 1 year of age

14 (40.0)

65 (59.1)

Age at radical surgery (months)

18.5 [10.0, 37.3]

23.5 [10.0, 50.8]

0.329

 

Age at radical surgery

 0–1 year of age

13 (37.1)

33 (30.0)

0.532

1.4 [0.6, 3.1]

 > 1 year of age

22 (62.9)

77 (70.0)

Weight at birth (kg)

3.42 ± 0.45

3.27 ± 0.47

0.537

 

Weight at radical surgery (kg)

10 [8.0, 10.3]

12 [9.0, 16.0]

0.093

 

Congenital malformations

 Yes

4 (11.4)

7 (6.4)

0.462

1.9 [0.5, 6.9]

 No

31 (88.6)

103 (93.6)

Length of aganglionosisa

 Short

19 (54.3)

97 (88.2)

 < 0.001

6.3 [2.6, 15.2]

 Long

16 (45.7)

13 (11.8)

  1. Data are presented as frequency (%) for qualitative variables and median [IQR] for continuous variables
  2. Length of aganglionosisa: Long = longer than rectosigmoid, total colonic forms included (total colonic forms n = 9)