Table 3.

Statistically significant predictor variables of pathological findings in 1230 patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95% Cl)	p value	OR (95% Cl)	p value
Syncope on CT
Focal neurological deficit	5.9 (2.8–9.8)	p < .001	5.2 (2.3–8.1)	p < .001
History of malignancy	5.1 (2.1–8.5)	p < .001	4.5 (1.8–6.9)	p = 0.005
Hypertension	3.0 (1.3–7.1)	p = 0.009	2.1 (0.9–5.7)	p = 0.019
Age greater than 60 years	2.6 (1.2–6.7)	p = 0.016	1.6 (0.8–5.1)	p = 0.036
Syncope on MRI
Focal neurological deficit	6.8 (4.1–11.3)	p < .001	5.7 (3.3–9.4)	p < .001
History of malignancy	5.5 (2.3–9.7)	p < .001	4.3 (1.7–7.9)	p < .001
Age greater than 60 years	2.4 (1.1–8.1)	p = 0.018	1.4 (1.0–6.1)	p = 0.041

Cl confidence interval, OR odds ratio, MRI magnetic resonance imaging