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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013 Feb 17;25(5):427–e301. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12091

Table 5.

RESULTS OF MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSES

A: CHARACTERISTICS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN/DISCOMFORT (SCORES ≥3 vs. <3)
Characteristic Odds Ratio 95% Confidence
Interval
P
Demographic and clinical factors Idiopathic etiology 2.16 1.08, 4.31 0.029
Acute symptom onset 1.56 0.79, 3.08 0.199
Initial infectious prodrome 0.35 0.15, 0.83 0.017
Gastroparesis severity measures Clinician-rated severity:
Grade 2 vs. Grade 1
Grade 3 vs. Grade 1
 
1.23
0.68
 
0.51, 2.95
0.24, 1.93
 
0.29
Overall GCSI  
1.14
 
1.09, 1.20
 
<0.001
PAGI-SYM:
Constipation
Diarrhea
 
1.44
1.06
 
1.16, 1.77
0.86, 1.30
 
0.001
0.57
Quality of life measures PAGI-QOL 0.58 0.37, 0.92 0.021
SF-36 Physical component 0.96 0.93, 1.00 0.049
Parameters of psychological dysfunction BDI 0.98 0.94, 1.03 0.48
STAI Y1 1.03 0.99, 1.06 0.142
Gastric emptying Gastric retention at 2 hrs 0.99 0.98, 1.01 0.39
Medication use Prokinetics
Antiemetics
Opiates
Neuropathic pain modulators
Antidepressants
0.59
0.62
1.01
1.22
1.36
0.30, 1.16
0.30, 1.28
0.51, 1.99
0.52, 2.87
0.71, 2.61
0.124
0.196
0.99
0.65
0.35
B: CHARACTERISTICS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREDOMINANT ABDOMINAL PAIN/DISCOMFORT VS. PREDOMINANT NAUSEA/VOMITING
Characteristic Odds Ratio 95% Confidence
Interval
P
Demographic and clinical factors Idiopathic etiology 1.66 0.74, 3.69 0.22
Acute symptom onset 0.73 0.37, 1.46 0.37
Initial infectious prodrome 0.71 0.29, 1.75 0.46
Gastroparesis severity measures Clinician-rated severity:
Grade 2 vs. Grade 1
Grade 3 vs. Grade 1
 
1.03
1.42
 
0.32, 3.33
0.40, 5.08
0.69
GCSI 0.91 0.86, 0.95 <0.001
PAGI-SYM:
Constipation
Diarrhea
 
1.03
0.91
 
0.83, 1.29
0.74, 1.12
 
0.76
0.36
Quality of life measures PAGI-QOL 0.52 0.33, 0.82 0.005
SF-36 – Physical component 0.98 0.94, 1.02 0.28
Parameters of psychological dysfunction BDI 0.97 0.92, 1.01 0.160
STAI – Y1 1.02 0.99, 1.06 0.27
Gastric emptying Gastric retention at 2 hours 1.01 0.99, 1.02 0.54
Quality of life measures Prokinetics
Antiemetics
Opiates
Neuropathic pain modulators
Antidepressants
0.60
0.21
3.38
0.60
1.52
0.30, 1.21
0.09, 0.48
1.61, 7.10
0.25, 1.47
0.75, 3.09
0.154
<0.001
0.001
0.27
0.25
*

Model adjusted for age, sex, and self-reported race and ethnicity

GCSI: Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index

PAGI-SYM: Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Symptoms

PAGI-QOL: Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Quality of Life

SF-36: Short Form-36

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit P=0.47

*

Model adjusted for age, sex, and self-reported race and ethnicity

GCSI: Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index

PAGI-SYM: Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Symptoms

PAGI-QOL: Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Quality of Life

SF-36: Short Form-36

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit P=0.84