Table 4.
Factors Associated with the Outcome of Patients with RL at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, January 2016 – December 2017
| Variables | Outcome | |||
| Improved | Died | OR for mortality | P value | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 56 | 9 | 0.87(0.327–2.301) | 0.776 |
| Female | 54 | 10 | 1 | |
| Age | ||||
| <=50 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0.015* |
| >50 | 41 | 13 | 0.27(0.097–0.78) | |
| Nature of surgery | ||||
| Elective | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0.388 |
| Emergency | 76 | 15 | 0.60(0.184–1.930 | |
| Type of RL | ||||
| PRL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.891 |
| ODRL | 105 | 18 | 0.86(0.095–7.770) | |
| Frequency of RL | ||||
| One RL | 97 | 16 | 1 | 0.629 |
| More than one RL | 13 | 3 | 0.71(0.183–2.791) | |
*
significantly associated at p-value <0.05, OR Odds Ratio