The incidence rate of postoperative
complications in hypoprealbuminemic patients was
higher than in the normal groups, with statistical
significance (IRR = 2.25, 95%CI = 1.25-4.07, P =
0.004), whereas in the hypoalbuminemic group, no
difference in the incidence rate of complications
could be demonstrated (IRR = 1.56, 95%CI = 0.85-2.79, P = 0.113) as shown in Table 7.