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

Table 7. Independent risk factors for hypoxemia with excluding pre-existing diseases.

Variables Subvariable Odd ratio 95% CI P value
Age 0.99 0.78–1.26 0.1716
BMI 1.24 1.03–1.50 0.0017
Midazolam 0.84 0.65–1.08 0.2140
Propofol 0.84 0.66–1.06 0.2545
Gender 0.8503
Male 1 Reference
Female 1.03 0.77–1.37
Alcohol 0.5877
No 1 Reference
Yes 0.91 0.65–1.28
Allergy 0.1480
No 1 Reference
Yes 1.41 0.88–2.26
Endoscopy 0.0331
EGD 1 Reference
Colonoscopy 0.98 0.71–1.37
EGD+colonoscopy 4.56 1.45–14.33
ASA scores 0.0419
I 1 Reference
II 1.38 0.94–2.02
III 1.95 1.23–3.10
IV 1.51 0.51–4.50
Lung diseases 0.3699
No 1 Reference
COPD 1.68 0.63–4.48
Chronic bronchitis 1.48 0.79–2.76
Pulmonary emphysema 1.84 0.53–6.42
Asthma 1.79 0.89–3.59
Others 0.95 0.22–4.06

BMI Body Mass Index, CHF Chronic Heart Failure, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.