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Table 5 Significant predictors of acute appendicitis using forward likelihood multiple logistic models

From: Role of clinical judgment and tissue harmonic imaging ultrasonography in diagnosis of paediatric acute appendicitis

Predictor

β coefficient

Wald test

Exp B

95% Confidence Interval

    

LL

UL

MCPGS

0.795

50.851

2.214

1.780

2.755

Duration

-0.052

3.795

0.949

0.901

1.00

Constant

-5.187

25.711

   
  1. The model succeeded to correctly diagnose 95.5% of all cases, 97.2% of the positive cases, and 91.9% of the negative cases.
  2. LL = Lower limit of the confidence interval of the odds ratio
  3. UP = Upper limit of the confidence interval of the odds ratio (Exp B)
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922