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Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Jun 26;11(8):572–578. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.015

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios for Clinical Constipation in Multiple Logistic Regression Model (N=109)

Variables^†	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P value
Age	0.93	[0.88, 0.99]	.018^‡
Sex (female=1; male=0)	2.08	[0.71, 6.08]	.189
Community	0.77	[0.29, 2.07]	.657
Ex-smoking history	0.51	[0.17, 1.55]	.265
Statin use	3.86	[1.08, 13.77]	.036^‡
Self-reported constipation	2.08	[0.80, 5.42]	.142
Oral laxative use	0.42	[0.17, 1.04]	.061

Clinical constipation was defined as an average SR score ≥ 13. The use of antimuscarinic drugs was not included in the model due to a convergence issue.

^†

Variables were dichotomized as 1=yes, 0=no (baseline) unless stated otherwise. Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test: chi square= 7.16, df= 8, p= .520.

^‡

Significant (p<.05)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.