Research Article

Correlation between Brodsky Tonsil Scale and Tonsil Volume in Adult Patients

Table 4

Preoperative factors that predict the consistency between tonsil grading and volume in univariate and multivariate analyses.

Variables UnivariateMultivariate
OR (95%CI) valueOR (95%CI) value

Gender (Male vs. Female)2.014(0.935-4.337)0.0741.552(0.616-3.911)0.351
Age (≥35 vs.<35 years)3.724(1.613-8.601)0.0024.053(1.627-10.096)0.003
BMI (1 vs.2 vs.3 vs.4)1.727(1.056-2.826)0.0291.740(1.014-2.986)0.044
Drinking (yes vs. no)0.846(0.313-2.289)0.7420.069(0.102-1.089)0.069
Smoking (yes vs. no)1.693(0.648-4.422)0.2821.523(0.333-6.959)0.587

By using binary logistic regression.