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. 2019 Aug 19;9:12062. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48593-4

Table 3.

Comparison between patients with nausea and those without nausea during nintedanib treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and risk factors for nausea.

Characteristics Overall No Yes Monovariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
77 52 25
Age 0.508 0.187–1.383 0.224
≤74 44 27 17
≥75 33 25 8
Sex 1.534 0.376–6.249 0.741
Female 12 9 3
Male 65 43 22
Smoking history 1.333 0.321–5.528 0.988
No 11 8 3
Yes 66 44 22
PS 3.876 1.364–11.019 0.015 10.048 1.711–59.001 0.011
0–1 55 42 13
2–4 22 10 12
mMRC 2.769 1.014–7.564 0.044 1.876 0.272–7.219 0.255
0–1 52 39 13
2–4 25 13 12
GAP index 3.375 1.250–9.115 0.014 3.058 0.736–12.705 0.124
≤5 46 36 10
≥6 31 16 15
BMI 15.011 3.727–60.372 <0.001 10.841 2.644–44.448 0.001
<21.6 39 35 4
≥21.6 19 7 12
PSL combination 0.549 0.186–1.611 0.312 0.861 0.184–4.028 0.849
No 52 33 19
Yes 25 19 6
Nintedanib dose 3.400 0.864–5.790 0.065 22.965 2.754–191.464 0.004
300 mg/day 51 31 20
200 mg/day 26 21 5

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, PS: performance status, mMRC: modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, BMI: body mass index, PSL: prednisolone.