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Table 5 Predictors of complications according to bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses

From: Clinical presentation and surgical management of perforated peptic ulcer in a tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: a 5-year retrospective study

Predictor (independent) variable

Complication N (%)

No complications N (%)

COR 95%CI

AOR 95%CI

Bivariate analysis

P value

Multivariate analysis

P value

Age

  < 40

13 (38.24)

21 (61.76)

1

   

  ≥ 40

1 (5.88)

16 (94.12)

9.9 (0.99–98.2)

0.015

25.0 (1.31–476.65

0.032

Gender

 Male

13 (28.89)

32 (71.11)

1.000

   

 Female

1 (16.67)

5 (83.33)

2.031

0.209

1.84 (.11–29.44)

0.665

Cigarette smoking

 Yes

4 (16.67)

20 (83.33)

1.000

   

 No

10 (37.04)

17 (62.96)

0.340

0.086

.22 (.04–1.21)

.083

Use of NSAIDS

 Yes

7 (30.43)

16 (69.57)

1.000

   

 No

7 (25.00)

21 (75.00)

1.313

0.377

3.97 (.70–22.51)

.119

Hxdyspepsia

 Yes

6 (24.00)

19 (76.00)

1.000

   

 No

8 (30.77)

18 (69.23)

0.711

0.202

.54 (.10–2.77)

.461

Duration of perforation

  < 48

6 (42.86)

8 (57.14)

1

   

  > 48

31 (83.78)

6 (16.22)

6.9 (1.50–31.48)

0.0038

16.03 (2.34–109.5)

0.005

CRP count

  < 150

9 (25.71)

26 (74.29)

1.000

   

  ≥ 150

5 (31.25)

11 (68.75)

0.762

0.204

.89 (.18–4.27)

.893

Site of perforation

 Gastric

10 (24.39)

31 (75.61)

1.000

   

 Duodenal

4 (44.44)

5 (55.56)

0.403

0.087

.12 (.014–1.13)

.065

 Combined

0 (0.00)

1 (100.00)