Table 2. Surgical stress response expressed as CRP values in the overall population and according to visceral obesity
Parameter
Overall population n = 357
Visceral obesity
Visceral obesity
Visceral obesity
VO n = 222 Non-VO n = 125
p
Pre-operative CRP 2 (1-5) 3 (1-6) 1 (1-3) <0.001
CRP POD1 62 (43-95) 65 (45-99) 54 (40-81) 0.002
CRP POD2 102 (61-156) 112 (71-169) 88 (53-138) 0.001
CRP POD3 85 (45-132) 92 (52-143) 71 (34-111) 0.003
CRP POD4 74 (36-135) 83 (36-150) 73 (36-117) 0.50
CRP POD5 52 (23-103) 57 (26-113) 44 (19-79) 0.04