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

Table 4

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

Variables	Follicular type			Binary logistic regression		Multiple logistic regression
	Absent (n = 91)	Present (n = 68)		RR (%95 CI)		RR (%95 CI)
FB
Absent	63(69.2)	21(30.9)	0.001	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	28(30.8)	47(69.1)		5.04(2.55–9.94)	<0.001	5.00(2.40–10.43)	<0.001
BOOP
Absent	87(95.6)	57(83.8)	0.025	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	4(4.4)	11(16.2)		4.20(1.27–13.83)	0.018	5.63(1.47–21.66)	—
Int. pneumonia
Present	23(25.3)	8(11.8)	0.054	1.00	—	—	—
Absent	68(74.7)	60(88.2)		2.54(1.06–6.09)	0.037	—	—
Aspergillus
Absent	84(92.3)	68(100.0)	0.020	—	—	—	—
Present	7(7.7)	0(0)		—	—	—	—
Bronchopneumonia
Absent	84(92.3)	51(75.0)	0.005	1.00	—	—	—
Present	7(7.7)	17(25.0)		4.00(1.55–10.31)	0.004	—	—
Int. fibrosis
Present	39(42.9)	16(23.5)	0.018	1.00	—	1.00	—
Absent	52(57.1)	52(76.5)		2.44(1.21–4.90)	0.012	2.39(1.08–5.30)	0.032
Age	37.68 ± 14.60	30.60 ± 14.86	0.003	0.97(0.95–0.99)	0.004	0.96(0.94–0.99)	0.003

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and (%). RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval. FB, follicular bronchiolitis; BOOP, bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Int, interstitial;