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. 2014 Oct 29;9(10):e109027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109027

Table 5. Risk Predictors for Bronchiolitis or Emphysema Detected on CT Scans.

Model Variables Crude OR (95% CI) ROC (95% CI) Multivariate OR (95% CI)* Incremental ROC (95%) p
1 Current Smoker 3.86 (3.08,4.85) 0.656 (0.631, 0.680) 3.48 (2.58, 4.71) 0.656 (0.631, 0.680)
2 WBC (per 103 cells/mm3 increase) 1.23 (1.15, 1.32) 0.614 (0.579, 0.648) 1.13 (1.05, 1.22) 0.689 (0.656, 0.721) 0.0004
3 Intravenous Drug Use 2.65 (2.09, 3.37) 0.595 (0.573, 0.618) 2.14 (1.56, 2.94) 0.713 (0.681, 0.744) 0.0037
4 Age (per 10 year increase) 1.42 (1.24, 1.64) 0.577 (0.548, 0.606) 1.63 (1.35, 1.99) 0.730 (0.699, 0.760) 0.0360
5 BMI (per 5 kg/m2 decrease) 1.38 (1.20, 1.60) 0.568 (0.538, 0.598) 1.43 (1.18, 1.74) 0.733 (0.703, 0.764) 0.3145
6 Men 1.68 (1.33, 2.11) 0.552 (0.529, 0.576) 2.03 (1.46, 2.81) 0.743 (0.713, 0.773) 0.0679

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; ROC, receiver operating characteristics; WBC, white blood cell;

*adjusted for all the variables listed in this table in a multivariate logistic regression model (see Methods for detail).

Incremental ROC represents area under the curve obtained by adding the previous row variable to the current row variable in a multivariate logistic regression model (see Methods for detail). For example, model 2 incremental ROC and p values are obtained by comparing a logic regression model that contains WBC and current smoker variables to that which contains only current smoker variable (i.e. model 1).

p value is obtained by comparing the incremental ROC value of the current row to the previous row ROC value.