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. 2012 May 22;7(5):e37614. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037614

Table 6. Independent risk factors for hypoxemia: Multivariant analysis (Continued).

Variables (categorical) Subvariables Odd ratio 95% CI P value
Gender 0.6887
Male 1 Reference
Female 1.06 0.80–1.42
Alcohol 0.5023
No 1 Reference
Yes 0.89 0.63–1.25
Allergy 0.2923
No 1 Reference
Yes 1.28 0.81–2.04
Endoscopy 0.0292
EGD 1 Reference
Colonoscopy 1.04 0.75–1.46
EGD+colonoscopy 4.84 1.51–15.5
ASA scores 0.5723
I 1 Reference
II 1.13 0.76–1.67
III 1.4 0.85–2.29
IV 1.21 0.40–3.69
Lung diseases 0.1499
No 1 Reference
COPD 2.02 0.75–5.47
Chronic bronchitis 1.65 0.88–3.08
Pulmonary emphysema 2.11 0.59–7.51
Asthma 2 0.99–4.02
Others 1.18 0.28–5.04
Other preexisting diseases 0.0094
No 1 Reference
Hypertension 2.28 1.44–3.60 0.0004
Diabetes 2.37 1.29–4.34 0.005
CHF 1.88 0.81–4.34 0.1407
Stroke 2.07 0.76–5.67 0.1557
Liver cirrhosis 1.70 0.69–4.18 0.2459
GI diseases 1.77 1.21–2.60 0.0033
Cancer 1.58 0.48–5.11 0.4494
Heart diseases 1.97 1.06–3.68 0.0325

CHF Chronic Heart Failure, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, GI gastrointestinal.