Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis: Disease Characteristics and Patterns of Recurrence

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with long-term failure.

Factor	Adjusted OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Age	1.032	0.991–1.075	0.129 (NS)
Gender
Female	1
Male	0.341	0.083–1.402	0.136 (NS)
Bedbound
No	1
Yes	7.332	0.419–128.341	0.173 (NS)
Albumin	0.886	0.774–1.014	0.078 (NS)
Bilirubin	0.996	0.984–1.008	0.522 (NS)
Laterality
Unilateral	1
Bilateral	8.101	1.766–37.156	0.007
Complexity
Simple	1
Complex	2.050	0.304–13.809	0.555 (NS)
Stricture
No	1
Yes	2.564	0.530–12.403	0.242 (NS)
Ectasia
No	1
Yes	0.895	0.184–4.355	0.891 (NS)
Liver atrophy
No	1
Yes	3.584	0.594–21.619	0.164 (NS)
Liver abscess
No	1
Yes	6.058	0.960–38.230	0.055 (NS)
Extrahepatic stones
No	1
Yes	1.228	0.274–5.509	0.789 (NS)
Treatment
Operative	1
Non-operative	26.843	4.856–148.394	0.001