Ultrasound cardiography examinations detect victims’ long-term realized and potential consequences after major disasters: a case-control study

Table 4 Factors determining the UCG findings (all 559 cases)

	Odds ratio	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	p value
Age	1.04	1.02	1.06	< 0.0001
Male	1.2	0.788	1.83	ns
PP	1.02	1	1.03	< 0.05
Exercises	1.33	0.899	1.96	ns
Smoker	1.1	0.551	2.18	ns
DL	1.18	0.802	1.75	ns
DM	0.726	0.43	1.23	ns
Heart disease	1.53	1.01	2.32	< 0.05
HT	0.806	0.542	1.2	ns
Insomnia	0.988	0.676	1.44	ns
Temporary housing resident	1.61	0.907	2.87	ns
18th month after the disaster vs 30th month after the disaster	2.11	1.32	3.38	< 0.01
18th month after the disaster vs 44th month after the disaster	3.63	2.2	5.98	< 0.0001
18th month after the disaster vs 55th month after the disaster	4.98	2.86	8.67	< 0.0001

Heart disease (coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, valve regurgitation)
ns non-significant difference, multiple logistic regression analysis (stepwise method)
UCG ultrasound cardiography, PP pulse pressure, DL dyslipidemia, DM diabetes mellitus, HT hypertension

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