Table 2

Factors of MFS determined using conditional logistic regression in a GEE model

	Crude OR	95% CI	p Value	Adjusted OR*	95% CI	p Value
Malignancy
Without	Reference			Reference
With	3.444	2.012 to 4.671	<0.001	3.999	2.578 to 6.301	<0.001
Gender
Male	2.187	1.490 to 3.211	<0.001	2.110	1.429 to 3.101	<0.001
Female	Reference			Reference
Hypertension
Without	Reference			Reference
With	1.503	1.013 to 2.324	0.001	1.962	1.224 to 3.000	0.010
Diabetes
Without	Reference			Reference
With	0.993	0.546 to 1.717	0.785	0.963	0.527 to 1.688	0.809
Hyperlipidaemia
Without	Reference			Reference
With	0.748	0.197 to 2.862	0.704	0.711	0.214 to 3.201	0.764
COPD
Without	Reference			Reference
With	0.299	0.025 to 1.374	0.102	0.398	0.027 to 1.401	0.083
Alcoholism
Without	Reference			Reference
With	0.000	–	0.989	0.000	–	0.990
Obesity
Without	Reference			Reference
With	1.014	0.859 to 1.086	0.177	1.010	0.803 to 1.020	0.243

Adjusted by variables listed in the table.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GEE, generalised estimating equation; MFS, Marfan syndrome.