Table 2.

Binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with detecting serious disease in 2984 patients undergoing routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (patients whose examinations were unsuccessful were excluded from analysis)

	Beta	SE beta	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p Value.
Male sex	0.521	0.082	1.68 (1.43–1.98)	<0.001
Age*	0.009	0.002	1.01 (1.00–1.01)	<0.001
Inpatient status	0.348	0.109	1.42 (1.15–1.75)	0.001
Dysphagia	0.589	0.145	1.80 (1.36–2.39)	<0.001
Anaemia	−0.256	0.121	0.77 (0.61–0.98)	0.03
Haematemesis/melaena	0.558	0.127	1.75 (1.36–2.24)	<0.001
Constant	−1.775	0.156	0.17	<0.001

SE, standard error; CI, confidence intervals.

*Entered as a continuous variable.