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Table 4 Odds ratios for factors associated with postoperative problematic behaviors

From: Postsurgical behaviors in children with and without symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing

 

OR (95% CI)

 

Univariate

Multivariate

Young age (<5 years)

1.26 (0.85–1.87)

 

Female gender

0.78 (0.53–1.15)

 

Overweight/obese

1.97 (1.03–3.79)*

 

T & A surgery

7.30 (3.1–17.31)*

9.89 (3.16–30.97)†

Perioperative opioids

1.27 (0.80–2.00)

 

SDBa

3.35 (1.86–6.03)*

 

Pre surgery snoringa

3.18 (1.84–5.50)*

 

Posthospital snoringa

2.42 (1.25–4.69)*

 

Pre surgery daytime sleepinessa

2.39 (1.37–4.15)*

 

Posthospital daytime sleepinessa

2.74 (1.53–4.90)*

2.80 (1.31–5.99)†

  1. Behaviors reported as “more/much more” than normal.
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, T & A adenotonsillectomy, SDB sleep-disordered breathing.
  3. *P < 0.01, †P < 0.01 Wald test.
  4. aBased on scores of ≥0.33 on the SDB subscale and the snoring and sleepiness subscales, respectively.