Causes and Management Outcome of Small Intestinal Obstruction in Nekemte Referral Hospital, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2017

Table 3

Predictors of the management outcomes of small intestinal obstructions in Nekemte Referral Hospital from January 1, 2014, to December 30, 2016.

Variables		Unfavorable	Favorable	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)
Age (years)	≤20	10	50	1
	21–44	9	79	1.76 (0.67–4.620)	0.86	1.48 (0.48–4.53)
	≥45	13	50	77 (0.31–1.92)	0.94	1.32 (0.41–4.22)
Sex	Female	20	54	1
	Male	12	125	3.86 (1.76–8.45)	0.001^∗	3.98 (1.51–10.52)1^∗
Duration of illness before presentation (hours)	≥24	21	46	1
	<24	11	133	5.52 (2.47–12.32)	<0.00011^∗	4.4(1.69–11.45)1^∗
Hematocrit (%)	<36	16	36	1
	≥36	16	143	3.97 (1.82–8.69)	0.0011^∗	4.25 (1.56–11.57)1^∗
Type of obstruction	Adynamic	8	12	1
	Dynamic	24	167	4.64 (1.72–12.51)	0.0021^∗	3.73 (1.09–12.64)1^∗
Hospital stay (days)	>7	21	60	1
	≤7	11	119	3.79 (1.71–8.37)	0.0011^∗	4.69 (1.82–12.07)1^∗

^∗Statistically significant.