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. 2018 Apr 14;85(4):408–415. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.03.007

Table 3.

Predictors for LPR (positive RSI or RFS).

B p Exp (B) 95%CI
Lower limit Upper limit
Age (years) 0.027 0.457 1.027 0.957 1.102
BMI (kg/m2) 0.259 0.016a 1.296 1.050 1.599
Female gender −0.714 0.438 0.490 0.080 2.979
AHI/h 0.036 0.071 1.037 0.997 1.079
Sat. O2 min. (%) 0.023 0.687 1.024 0.914 1.146
% Sat < 90% −0.011 0.706 0.989 0.936 1.045

LPR, laryngopharyngeal reflux; RSI, reflux symptom index; RFS, reflux finding score; BMI, body mass index; NC, neck circumference; AHI/h, apnea–hypopnea index per hour of sleep; Sat. O2 min., minimal oxyhemoglobin saturation; %Sat < 90%, oxyhemoglobin saturation percentage below 90%; p, level of statistical significance; B, logistic regression coefficient; p, level of statistical significance; Exp (B), estimated odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

a

Logistic regression, p < 0.05.