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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression results for factors associated with acute diverticulitis

From: Predictive score for diagnosing acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency department: a retrospective study

 

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P (LR-test)

Age ≥ 60 years

2.28 (1.36,3.82)

2.23 (1.2,4.14)

0.01

Duration ≥ 48 h

2.31 (1.27,4.21)

2.64 (1.28,5.45)

0.017

History of diverticulum

9.44 (4.56,19.5)

7.77 (3.27,18.45)

< 0.001

Absence of nausea and vomiting

5.2 (2.7,10.02)

3.42 (1.65,7.1)

< 0.001

Absence of anorexia

4.49 (2.05,9.84)

3.33 (1.34,8.33)

0.026

Absence of tachycardia

3.95 (1.66,9.41)

3.51 (1.39,8.87)

0.003

Abdominal guarding

2.87 (1.64,5.01)

2.99 (1.52,5.91)

0.002

  1. OR, Odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% Confidence interval; LR, likelihood ratio
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