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Table 4 Incidence of serious complication by BMI and method of sterilizationb (N = 710)

From: The effect of obesity on intraoperative complication rates with hysteroscopic compared to laparoscopic sterilization: a retrospective cohort study

Serious complicationa

Total

Laparoscopic (n = 433)

Hysteroscopic (n = 277)

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Overall

31 (4.4)

20 (4.6)

11 (4.0)

0.9 (0.4-1.9)

0.9

BMI <25

12 (4.9)

7 (4.4)

5 (5.8)

1.3 (0.3-5.0)

0.8

BMI 25–25.9

10 (4.7)

5 (3.8)

5 (6.1)

1.7 (0.4-7.5)

0.5

BMI ≥30

8 (3.4)

7 (5.2)

1 (1.0)

0.2 (0.004-1.5)

0.1

  1. Number (%). BMI body mass index
  2. aPatients with more than one serious complication are counted just once
  3. bNumbers may not sum to total due to missing BMI data (n = 14, 2.0 %)