Clinical Characteristics and Manifestations of Fungal Esophagitis: A Single-Center Experience in South China

Table 6

Univariate and multivariate regression analyses of the factors related to therapeutic effectiveness.

Variables	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	value	Odds ratio (95% CI)	value
Age stratification		0.091		0.026
≤30	2.167 (0.408, 11.497)	0.364	3.292 (0.557, 19.461)	0.189
31~40	2.222 (0.532, 9.275)	0.273	3.425 (0.748, 15.675)	0.113
41~50	3.667 (0.902, 14.901)	0.069	5.405 (1.235, 22.663)	0.025
51~60	0.711 (0.269, 1.880)	0.492	0.757 (0.265, 2.164)	0.604
>60	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Initial severity		0.263
Kodsi 1	1 (ref)
Kodsi 2	1.666 (0.663, 4.187)	0.278
Kodsi 3	2.933 (0.964, 8.929)	0.058
Kodsi 4	3.080 (0.337, 28.134)	0.319
Therapy strategy		0.017		0.004
Observation	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Nystatin	1.783 (0.708, 4.486)	0.220	2.202 (0.802, 6.043)	0.125
Fluconazole	5.878 (1.876, 18.421)	0.002	8.912 (2.605, 30.490)	0.000
Combination	5.087 (0.578, 44.778)	0.143	7.248 (0.756, 69.435)	0.086
Recheck time		0.081
<3 months	1 (ref)
3~6 months	1.056 (0.338, 3.298)	0.926
6~12 months	0.397 (0.129, 1.219)	0.107
>12 months	2.333 (0.785, 6.936)	0.127