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. 2014 Dec 8;2014:589856. doi: 10.1155/2014/589856

Table 2.

Distribution of patients according to predictive variables and correlation of variables and occurrence of intraoperative adverse events.

Variable Overweight patients Occurrence of adverse events
Classification n % Yes P value OR (IC to 95%)
n %
Age <25 years 132 47.1 34 25.8 P (1) = 0.221 1.00
≥25 years 148 52.9 48 32.4 1.38 (0.82 to 2.33)

Gender Female 208 74.3 50 24.0 P (1) = 0.001* 2.53 (1.44 to 4.44)
Male 72 25.7 32 44.4 1.00

Associated pathologies None 212 75.7 54 25.5 P (2) < 0.001* ∗∗
Pericoronitis 40 14.3 14 35.0 ∗∗
Caries 16 5.7 13 81.3 ∗∗
Bone resorption 12 4.3 1 8.3 ∗∗

Level of occlusal plane—Pell and Gregory High 208 74.3 62 29.8 P (1) = 0.021* ∗∗
Medium 56 20.0 20 35.7 ∗∗
Low 16 5.7 ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗

Available retromolar space—Pell and Gregory Sufficient 156 55.7 34 21.8 P (1) = 0.001* 1.00
Reduced 100 35.7 34 34.0 1.85 (1.05 to 3.24)
Insufficient 24 8.6 14 58.3 5.02 (2.05 to 12.31)

Impaction angle (Winter) Horizontal 28 10.0 6 21.4 P (1) = 0.605 1.00
Mesioangular 76 27.1 22 28.9 1.62 (0.62 to 4.23)
Vertical 176 62.9 54 30,7 1.49 (0.53 to 4.18)
Distoangular ∗∗ ∗∗

Number of roots One fused root 112 40.0 22 19.6 P (1) < 0.001* ∗∗
≥2 roots 152 54.3 60 39.5 ∗∗
Tooth germ 16 5.7 ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗

Root curvature No 220 78.6 66 30.0 P (1) = 0.615 1.00
Yes 60 21.4 16 26.7 1.18 (0.62 to 2.24)

Tooth relation with mandibular canal No 152 54.3 44 28.9 P (1) = 0.892 1.00
Yes 128 45.7 38 29.7 1.04 (0.62 to 1.74)

Relation with the 2nd molar None 116 41.4 30 23.4 P (1) < 0.001* 1.00
Crown alone 128 45.7 6 30.0 1.40 (0.50 to 3.96)
Crown/root 20 7.1 12 75.0 9.80 (2.94 to 32.64)
Root alone 16 5.7 34 29.3 1.35 (0.77 to 2.40)

Crown width Nonbulbous 192 68.6 52 27.1 P (1) = 0.232 1.39 (0.81 to 2.40)
Bulbous 88 31.4 30 34.1 1.00

Periodontal space Radiolucent 200 71.4 49 24.5 P (1) = 0.025* 1.00
Mixed 64 22.9 24 37.5 2.27 (1.21 to 4.27)
Radioopaque 16 5.7 9 56.3 4.45 (1.50 to 13.44)

Total 280 100.0 82 29.3

*Significant association at 5.0%, (—) Undetermined because of sample size, (1)Pearson's chi-square test, (2)Fisher's exact test.