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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for factors associated with clinical response to cholestyramine

From: Prevalence of biliary acid malabsorption in patients with chronic diarrhoea of functional characteristics: a prospective study

Variable

OR (CI 95%)

p value

Age, years

0.96 (0.87–1.06)

0.426

BMI

0.99 (0.85–1.15)

0.904

Sex, male

2.33 (0.29–18.96)

0.428

Symptoms duration before SeHCAT

1.05 (0.97–1.13)

0.225

Abdominal pain

Number of stools

0.97 (0.70–1.35)

0.870

Faecal urgency

1.75 (0.17–17.69)

0.635

SeHCAT retention %

1.04 (0.77–1.40)

0.815

Dose of cholestiramine, grams

0.73 (0.37–1.469)

0.383

  1. OR: odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; BMI: Body mass index. Faecal urgency: is defined as the sudden need to rush to empty one's bowels