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

Table 3

Analysis of risk factors that are significant for varicose-type bronchiectasis.

Variable	Varicose type			Binary logistic regression		Logistic regression
	Absent (n = 100)	Present (n = 59)		RR (%95 CI)		RR (%95 CI)
FB
Absent	59(59.0)	25(42.4)	0.042	1.00	—	—	—
Present	41(41.0)	34(57.6)		1.96(1.02–3.76)	0.044	—	—
Bronchopneumonia
Absent	92(92.0)	43(72.9)	0.002	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	8(8.0)	16(27.1)		4.28(1.70–10.77)	0.002	3.69(1.39–9.81)	0.009
Emphysema
Present	53(53.0)	20(33.9)	0.020	1.00	—	1.00	—
Absent	47(47.0)	39(66.1)		2.20(1.13–4.28)	0.021	2.08(1.02–4.25)	0.043
MH
Present	38(38.0)	7(11.9)	0.001	1.00	—	1.00	—
Absent	62(62.0)	52(88.1)		4.55(1.88–11.05)	0.001	4.33(1.74–10.8)	0.002
Age	34.69 ± 14.58	34.59 ± 16.02	0.969	1.00(0.98–1.02)	0.969	—	—

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and (%). RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval. MH, medial hypertrophy; FB, follicular bronchiolitis;