Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of re-hospitalization 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 | 1.60 | (0.49–6.19) | 0.454 | 0.71 | (0.15–3.47) | 0.659 |
 BMI > 28 | 1.12 | (0.06–6.48) | 0.917 | 1.44 | (0.05–17.10) | 0.788 |
 Symptoms > 48 h | 1.25 | (0.38–4.15) | 0.709 | 1.46 | (0.32–6.56) | 0.618 |
 Appendix diameter > 10 mm | 1.19 | (0.34–3.90) | 0.770 |  |  |  |
 Appendicolith | 4.23 | (1.29–14.96) | 0.018 | 4.32 | (1.09–19.08) | 0.040 |
 Perforation signs | 2.83 | (0.71–9.69) | 0.109 | 3.23 | (0.52–17.78) | 0.184 |
 Ambulatory surgery | 0.47 | (0.14–1.54) | 0.218 | 0.85 | (0.17–4.58) | 0.842 |
Continuous | ||||||
 Age (years) | 1.01 | (0.98–1.04) | 0.559 | 1.03 | (0.98–1.07) | 0.174 |
 Appendix diameter | 1.01 | (0.85–1.15) | 0.873 | 0.95 | (0.73–1.17) | 0.698 |
 CRP level | 1.00 | (1.00–1.01) | 0.329 | 1.00 | (0.98–1.01) | 0.438 |
 WBC | 1.08 | (0.96–1.22) | 0.200 | 1.08 | (0.93–1.24) | 0.307 |
 ASA score | 0.38 | (0.02–1.52) | 0.306 | 0.21 | (0.01–1.36) | 0.180 |
 SA score | 0.81 | (0.50–1.37) | 0.422 |  |  |  |