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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analyses of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency correlated with clinical characteristicsa

From: Screening and risk factors of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in critically ill adult patients receiving enteral nutrition

 

EPI (FE-1 <200 μg/g)

Characteristics

OR

95% CI

P value

Shock

2.65

1.68 to 4.18

<0.001b

Anaemia

1.48

1.23 to 1.77

0.301

Sepsis

1.83

1.35 to 2.90

0.014b

Diabetes

1.74

1.14 to 2.66

0.010b

Obesity

1.51

1.08 to 2.11

0.413

Cardiac arrest

2.93

1.72 to 4.98

<0.001b

Respiratory failure

1.05

0.74 to 1.51

0.774

Hyperbilirubinemia

1.26

1.18 to 2.07

0.321

Brain injury

1.18

0.52 to 2.66

0.699

Hyperlactacidemia

2.38

1.58 to 3.61

<0.001b

Hypertriglyceridemia

1.11

0.74 to 1.68

0.604

Mechanical ventilation

2.62

1.86 to 3.69

<0.001b

CRRT

1.22

1.09 to 2.78

0.026b

  1. aCI, confidence interval; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; EPI, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; OR, odds ratio. bP < 0.05, estimated by multiple logistic regression analysis.
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