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. 2019 Feb 26;10(1):46–54. doi: 10.14740/wjon1087

Table 4. Contribution of Each Independent Variable to the Model and Its Statistical Significance.

B SE Wald DF Sig Exp (B) 95% CI for Exp (B)
Lower Upper
Step 1a
  Smoking (1) 0.331 1.066 0.096 1 0.756 1.392 0.172 11.248
  Location 3.610 2 0.164
    Location (1) -0.185 2.100 0.008 1 0.930 0.831 0.014 50.999
    Location (2) 2.196 1.191 3.397 1 0.05 8.985 0.870 92.801
  Extra salt (1) -1.596 1.077 2.198 1 0.138 0.203 0.025 1.672
  Morphology 4.340 2 0.114
    Morphology (1) 1.464 1.443 1.029 1 0.310 4.324 0.256 73.155
    Morphology (2) 2.358 1.132 4.340 1 0.037 10.573 1.150 97.220
  Stage T (1) -4.326 1.501 8.307 1 0.004 0.013 0.001 0.250
  Stage N (1) -1.590 1.108 2.058 1 0.151 0.204 0.023 1.790
  Stage M 0.000 2 1.000
    Stage M (1) 18.106 40192.971 0.000 1 1.000 73013299.578 0.000
    Stage M (2) -0.001 1.730 0.000 1 1.000 0.999 0.034 29.659
  Sex (1) -0.529 0.999 0.280 1 0.597 0.589 0.083 4.177
  H. pylori (1) -2.678 1.062 6.359 1 0.012 0.069 0.009 0.551
  Grading 6.980 2 0.031
    Grading (1) -19.315 21121.983 0.000 1 0.999 0.000 0.000
    Grading (2) 3.850 1.457 6.980 1 0.008 46.973 2.701 816.839
  Age group -5.221 1.907 7.496 1 0.006 0.005 0.000 0.227
  Constant 2.308 1.974 1.367 1 0.242 10.053

aVariable (s) entered on step 1: smoking, location, extra salt, morphology, stage T, stage N, stage M, sex, H. pylori, grading, and age. SE: standard error; DF: degree of freedom; Sig: significance level; Exp (B): exponentiation of the B coefficient, which is an odds ratio.