Research Article

Bronchiectasis: Retrospective Analysis of Clinical and Pathological Findings in a Tertiary-Care Hospital

Table 2

Analysis of risk factors that are significant for cystic bronchiectasis.

VariablesCystic typeBinary logistic regressionMultiple logistic regression
Absent (n = 114)Present (n = 45)RO (%95 CI)RO (%95 CI)

FB
Present54(47.4)30(66.7)0.0431.00
Absent60(52.6)15(33.3)2.22(1.08–4.57)0.030

Int. pneumonia
Absent97(85.1)31(68.9)0.0361.001.00
Present17(14.9)14(31.1)2.58(1.14–5.82)0.0232.58(1.14–5.82)0.023

Aspergillus
Absent112(98.2)40(88.9)0.020
Present2(1.8)5(11.1)

Bronchopneumonia
Absent92(80.7)43(95.6)0.035
Present22(19.3)2(4.4)

Age34.25 ± 15.6335.67 ± 13.720.5961.01(0.98–1.03)0.594

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and (%). RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval. FB, follicular bronchiolitis; Int, interstitial; NECH/NET, neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia/neuroendocrine tumorlet (carcinoid is added in the NECH/NET group).