Research Article
Simple Bedside Predictors of Survival after Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Insertion
Table 4
Univariate analysis of parameters associated with short-term mortality.
| Parameter | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | value |
| Age | 1.1 | 1.05–1.1 | 0.005 | Gender male vs female | 1.01 | 0.58–1.78 | 0.9461 | Background diseases | | | | Diabetes mellitus | 1.2 | 0.66–2.12 | 0.56 | Ischemic heart disease | 2 | 1.1–3.7 | 0.0197 | Congestive heart failure | 1.87 | 0.85–4.1 | 0.1182 | Hypertension | 1.08 | 0.59–2 | 0.7837 | Stroke | 1.68 | 0.94–2.98 | 0.0776 | Indications of PEG | | | | Dementia | 0.680 | 0.385–1.202 | 0.1845 | Stroke | 0.805 | 0.454–1.426 | 0.4570 | Anoxic brain damage | 1.464 | 0.622–3.444 | 0.3825 | Degenerative disease | 6.820 | 0.344–13.365 | 0.2079 | Cerebral palsy | 1.359 | 0.199–9.263 | 0.7539 | Malignancy | 1.077 | 0.353–3.284 | 0.8965 | ALT (unit/L) | 1 | 0.98–1 | 0.2872 | AST (unit/L) | 1.004 | 1.01–1.01 | 0.3406 | ALP (unit/L) | 1 | 0.99–1.006 | 0.9473 | Creatinine (mg/dl) | 2.3 | 1.3–4 | 0.004 | CRP (mg/L) | 1.1 | 1.01–1.02 | <0.0001 | CRP-to-albumin ratio | 1.1 | 1.02–1.03 | <0.0001 |
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