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Table 4 Multi-variate analysis of statistically significant variables in the uni-variate regression

From: Outcomes of management of intestinal obstruction at an urban tertiary hospital in sub Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study

Predictor of outcome

Relative- Risk

Confidence interval

p value

Choice of management (operative)

0.39

0.111–1.342

0.134

Level of obstruction

1.85

0.622–5.592

0.266

Signs of IO

   

 Fever

0.28

0.599–1.335

0.111

 Increased bowel sounds

1.35

0.176–10.34

0.770

 Absent bowel sounds

0.48

0.058–3.946

0.493

 Abdominal tenderness

0.72

0.255–2.035

0.530

 Percussion tenderness

6.99

0.545–89.81

0.140