Table 3. Association of number of risk factors involved in predicting DMV and DI.

*Significance.

Data are presented as n (%).

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; DMV, difficult mask ventilation; DI, difficult Intubation.

 

Three or more predictors	Total	DMV; n=93	p-Value	OR [95% CI]	DI; n=9	p-Value	OR [95% CI]
3	195	47 (24.1%)	-	Ref	3 (1.5%)	-	Ref
4	89	40 (44.9%)	0.0005*	2.57 [1.51-4.37]	6 (6.7%)	0.033*	4.63 [1.13-18.94]
5	10	6 (60%)	0.02	4.72 [1.27-17.45]	0 (0%)	NA	-