Table 4.
Binary logistic regression performed to identify independent predictive factors for anastomotic fistula
| Characteristics | Anastomotic fistula | Binary logistic regression analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | χ2/t | P | OR | 95% CI for Exp(B) | P | ||
| (N = 32) | (N = 558) | Lower | Upper | |||||
| Gender | 4.473 | 0.034 | 0.425 | 0.180 | 1.005 | 0.051 | ||
| Male | 25 (78.1%) | 331 (59.3%) | ||||||
| Female | 7 (21.9%) | 227 (40.7%) | ||||||
| Age | 0.009 | 0.925 | ||||||
| ≤ 65 | 22 (78.1%) | 388 (69.5%) | ||||||
| > 65 | 10 (78.1%) | 170 (30.5%) | ||||||
| Diabetes and/or hypertension | 0.154 | 0.695 | ||||||
| Yes | 3 (9.4%) | 75 (13.4%) | ||||||
| No | 29 (90.6%) | 483 (86.6%) | ||||||
| Tumor size | 0.117 | 0.733 | ||||||
| ≤ 5 cm | 24 (75.0%) | 403 (72.2%) | ||||||
| > 5 cm | 8 (25.0%) | 155 (27.8%) | ||||||
| Location | 4.240 | 0.039 | 2.590 | 1.092 | 6.143 | 0.031 | ||
| Sigmoid colon | 7 (21.9%) | 224 (40.1%) | ||||||
| Rectum | 25 (78.1%) | 334 (59.9%) | ||||||
| Ligation level | 4.227 | 0.040 | 2.232 | 1.047 | 4.758 | 0.038 | ||
| LT | 11 (34.4%) | 296 (53.0%) | ||||||
| HT | 21 (65.6%) | 262 (47.0%) | ||||||