Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of re-consultation incidence associated with patient characteristics
From: Should ambulatory appendectomy become the standard treatment for acute appendicitis?
Variable | Univariable | Multivariable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio | 95% CI | p value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | p value | |
Categoric | ||||||
 Male gender | 1.02 | (0.47–2.29) | 0.957 | 1.04 | (0.41–2.73) | 0.931 |
 BMI > 28 | 0.38 | (0.02–2.01) | 0.356 | 0.43 | (0.02–3.18) | 0.474 |
 Symptoms > 48 h | 1.09 | (0.49–2.40) | 0.823 | 0.85 | (0.31–2.25) | 0.746 |
 Appendix diameter > 10 mm | 1.12 | (0.49–2.48) | 0.777 |  |  |  |
 Appendicolith | 1.44 | (0.60–3.27) | 0.397 | 1.66 | (0.63–4.21) | 0.290 |
 Perforation signs | 2.20 | (0.83–5.42) | 0.096 | 1.84 | (0.46–6.55) | 0.360 |
 Ambulatory surgery | 0.47 | (0.21–1.03) | 0.062 | 0.57 | (0.21–1.55) | 0.267 |
Continuous | ||||||
 Age (years) | 1.00 | (0.97–1.02) | 0.812 | 1.00 | (0.97–1.03) | 0.814 |
 Appendix diameter | 0.98 | (0.87–1.08) | 0.720 | 0.95 | (0.81–1.10) | 0.540 |
 CRP level | 1.00 | (0.99–1.01) | 0.882 | 1.00 | (0.99–1.01) | 0.705 |
 WBC | 1.06 | (0.98–1.16) | 0.126 | 1.05 | (0.96–1.15) | 0.295 |
 ASA score | 0.82 | (0.33–1.69) | 0.617 | 0.90 | (0.27–2.66) | 0.860 |
 SA score | 0.88 | (0.62–1.27) | 0.491 |  |  |  |