Table 3.

Predictors of patient preference for laparoscopy: univariate and multivariate regression models

	Univariate Model			Multivariate Model
Patient Variables	Crude OR+	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted OR	(95% CI)	P-value
Age
≥45 vs <45 (years)	0.43	0.25, 0.74	0.002	0.53	0.30, 0.93	0.03
Sex
Female vs male	1.25	0.72, 2.15	0.42
Education status
≥Senior high vs <Senior high	2.45	1.28, 4.70	0.007	2.00	0.33, 3.91	0.04
Employment status
Hourly worker vs Unemployed	0.69	0.35, 1.35	0.28
Salaried worker vs Unemployed	1.04	0.38, 2.84	0.08
Location
Town vs village	1.20	0.47, 3.05	0.69
City vs village	1.64	0.65, 4.13	0.29
Previous surgery
Yes vs no	0.51	0.29, 0.89	0.02	0.58	0.33, 1.03	0.06
Previous abdominal surgery
Yes vs no	0.53	0.30, 0.95	0.03

⁺OR: odds ratio