Prevalence and Risk Factors of MRI Abnormality Which Was Suspected as Sinusitis in Japanese Middle-Aged and Elderly Community Dwellers

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with MRI abnormality.

Factors	Crude		Model		Model 2^†
	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value
Age (every 10 years old)	1.18 (1.03-1.35)	0.020	1.18 (1.03-1.35)	0.019‡	1.17 (1.01-1.37)	0.039
Male	2.18 (1.52-3.13)	<.0001	2.19 (1.52-3.14)	<.0001§	1.51 (0.94-2.40)	0.086
History of hypertension	1.48 (1.04-2.11)	0.030	1.24 (0.85-1.82)	0.272	1.04 (0.70-1.55)	0.842
History of bronchial asthma	4.51 (2.75-7.39)	<.0001	4.74 (2.86-7.84)	<.0001	3.77 (2.17-6.54)	<.0001
History of chronic bronchitis	4.85 (2.38-9.89)	<.0001	4.90 (2.36-10.15)	<.0001	2.66 (1.19-5.98)	0.018
History of gout or hyperuricemia	2.07 (1.17-3.68)	0.013	1.51 (0.84-2.72)	0.168	1.56 (0.85-2.84)	0.151
obesity	1.83 (1.26-2.66)	0.002	1.71 (1.17-2.50)	0.006	1.54 (1.04-2.29)	0.031
ex- or current smoker	2.20 (1.56-3.11)	<.0001	1.68 (1.09-2.59)	0.019	1.71 (1.10-2.66)	0.017

Adjusted by age and gender. †Adjusted by all factors. ‡Adjusted by gender. §Adjusted by age.