Table 2.

Potential preoperative predictors for postoperative dysphagia according to the multivariable logistic model

	Coef	SE	z	P >|z|	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
Age > 60	−0.22	0.45	0.50	0.62	0.80	0.33–1.93
Sex	0.67	0.40	1.70	0.09	1.96	0.90–4.25
Overweight	−1.14	0.39	2.91	0.00	0.32	0.15–0.69
Obesity	−0.03	0.63	0.04	0.97	0.97	0.28–3.35
IEMa	−0.74	0.82	0.90	0.37	0.48	0.10–2.38
BEb	0.25	0.55	0.46	0.65	1.29	0.44–3.78
HHc	−1.27	0.37	3.48	0.00	0.28	0.13–0.57
HH > 3 cm	0.23	0.50	0.47	0.64	1.26	0.48–3.35
Esophagitis	−0.81	0.42	1.95	0.05	0.45	0.20–1.00
Preoperative dysphagia	0.51	0.77	0.67	0.51	1.67	0.37–7.47
IRPd ≥ 15 mmHg	0.17	0.51	0.34	0.73	1.19	0.43–3.26
LESe resting pressure ≥ 43 mmHg	−0.17	1.27	0.13	0.89	0.85	0.07–10.10
LINX® size ≤ 14	−0.92	0.51	1.83	0.07	0.40	0.15–1.06
LINX® size ≤ 13	1.78	0.73	2.42	0.02	5.90	1.40–24.80
Follow-up time < 12 months	0.22	0.40	−0.56	0.58	0.80	0.36–1.74

Data were obtained and statistics applied, as described in Methods

^aIneffective esophageal motility, ^bBarett’s esophagus, ^cHiatal hernia, ^dIntegrated relaxation pressure, ^eLower esophageal sphincter