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.
Variables
Cystic type
Binary logistic regression
Multiple logistic regression
Absent (n = 114)
Present (n = 45)
RO (%95 CI)
RO (%95 CI)
FB
Present
54(47.4)
30(66.7)
0.043
1.00
—
—
—
Absent
60(52.6)
15(33.3)
2.22(1.08–4.57)
0.030
—
—
Int. pneumonia
Absent
97(85.1)
31(68.9)
0.036
1.00
—
1.00
—
Present
17(14.9)
14(31.1)
2.58(1.14–5.82)
0.023
2.58(1.14–5.82)
0.023
Aspergillus
Absent
112(98.2)
40(88.9)
0.020
—
—
—
—
Present
2(1.8)
5(11.1)
—
—
—
—
Bronchopneumonia
Absent
92(80.7)
43(95.6)
0.035
—
—
—
—
Present
22(19.3)
2(4.4)
—
—
—
—
Age
34.25 ± 15.63
35.67 ± 13.72
0.596
1.01(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).