Table 3. Significant predictive factors for positive surgical margins.
| Predictive factors | Coefficient | SE | p-value | OR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| Menopausal status | |||||||
| Premenopausal | Reference | ||||||
| Postmenopausal | 0.354 | 0.105 | <0.001 | 1.425 | 1.161 | 1.749 | |
| Type of treatment procedure | |||||||
| Ultrasonic scalpel conization | Reference | ||||||
| LEEP | 0.580 | 0.078 | <0.001 | 1.786 | 1.533 | 2.081 | |
| S-T conization | 0.421 | 0.090 | <0.001 | 1.524 | 1.279 | 1.817 | |
Multivariate logistic regression analysis to determine predictive factors of positive surgical margins. Initial predictive variables are as described in Table 2.
CI, confidence interval; LEEP, loop electrosurgical excision procedure; OR, odds ratio; SE, standard error; S-T, Shimodaira-Taniguchi.