Determinants of time-to-disposition in patients who underwent CT for pulmonary embolism: a retrospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with meeting the four-hour target

Variables	Univariable Logistic Regression			Multivariable Logistic Regression
Variables	OR	[95% CI]	P value ^a	OR	[95% CI]	P value ^a
Age ≥ 50 years	0.9	[0.5, 1.7]	0.75	1.0	[0.5, 2.1]	0.95
Male patient	0.6	[0.4, 1.1]	0.09	1.4	[0.8, 2.5]	0.29
Hemoptysis	10.9	[1.3, 91.9]	0.03	10.4	[1.2, 90.8]	0.03
Altered consciousness	3.3	[1.1, 10.2]	0.04	3.0	[0.9, 10.0]	0.08
CT-PA was positive for PE	2.2	[1.03, 4.5]	0.04	2.2	[1.1, 4.8]	0.02
Weekend presentation	1.8	[1.0, 3.4]	0.049	2.0	[0.9, 3.3]	0.10
“PE likely” Wells score	1.6	[0.9, 3.0]	0.14	1.2	[0.6, 2.4]	0.57

Abbreviation: CI Confidence interval, CT-PA Computed tomography pulmonary angiography, OR Odds ratio, PE Pulmonary embolism
^a P value in bold when significant

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