Table 2.

Predictors of pulmonary embolism development in hospitalized patients. A multivariate analysis.

Variable	P value	Odds ratio	95% CI for odds ratio
			Lower	Upper
Age (yr)	.0001	1.039	1.019	1.060
Sex (male)	.694	1.131	.613	2.088
Hospital stay > 5 d	.003	2.366	1.336	4.190
Hypertension	.470	1.274	.661	2.453
Diabetes	.001	3.357	1.595	7.066
Active malignancy	.048	2.151	.869	5.323
Smoking	.043	2.003	1.022	3.926
Obesity (BMI > 30)	.225	1.456	.793	2.674
NAFLD	.0001	4.339	2.196	8.572
Recent surgery/trauma	.001	3.432	1.647	7.152

BMI = body mass index, NAFLD = nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.