From: Risk factors for complications and mortality of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion
Predictor | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value |
Clinical characteristic | ||||
 Age ≥ 70 years | 2.366 | 0.001 | 1.974 (1.186–3.285) | 0.009 |
 BMI < 19 kg/m2 | 1.161 | 0.542 |  |  |
 Diabetes mellitus | 1.851 | 0.022 | 1.731 (1.007–2.977) | 0.047 |
 Hypertension | 1.857 | 0.011 |  |  |
 Chronic kidney disease | 0.570 | 0.376 |  |  |
 Aspirin | 1.985 | 0.022 |  |  |
 Clopidogrel | 1.316 | 0.550 |  |  |
 Warfarin | 1.174 | 0.812 |  |  |
Indication for PEG | ||||
 Neurologic disease |  |  |  |  |
  Stroke | 1.012 | 0.968 |  |  |
  Other neurologic diseases | 1.580 | 0.063 |  |  |
 Malignancy | 0.337 | 0.009 | 0.473 (0.199–1.082) | 0.075 |
Laboratory values | ||||
 WBC ≥ 12,000/μL | 0.419 | 0.054 | 0.434 (0.176–1.070) | 0.070 |
 Platelet count < 100,000/μL | 0.226 | 0.152 |  |  |
 Prothrombin time ≥ 1.3 | 0.869 | 0.806 |  |  |
 Albumin < 3.0 g/dL | 1.048 | 0.849 |  |  |
 Hemoglobin < 11 g/dL | 0.837 | 0.470 |  |  |
 CRP ≥ 5 mg/dL | 0.643 | 0.154 |  |  |
Procedure time | 0.611 | 0.153 | Â | Â |
Diameter of PEG tube | ||||
 15-Fr |  | 0.031 |  |  |
 20-Fr | 0.143 (0.034–0.607) | 0.008 |  |  |
 24-Fr | 0.976 (0.434–2.194) | 0.952 |  |  |