For continuous variables odds ratios indicate the following: e.g. for one additional mark (e.g. criterion no. 2) the odds of the patient suffering from somatoform pain as opposed to somatic pain was increased by factor 1.84.
bFor each continuous covariable odds ratios are given per each unit of the given covariable.
For continuous variables, odds ratios (ORs) were standardized to describe the OR for a change of one IQR.
For the binary variables the reference category is stated (OR=1) and for the nominal scale variables (treated as continuous) the odds ratios for an increase (or decrease) of one category unit is reported.
In the multivariate analysis, after adjusting for CLN ratio and tumor size, size of CLNM (expressed as a continuous variable) (odds ratio 1.56, 95%% confidence interval 1.09 2.24, p = 0.015) was the only independent factor for postablation DsTg.
With exposure modelled as a continuous variable, odds ratios for an increase in the principal metric of 10 V m−1 were close to unity for all disease categories, never differing significantly from one.
When electric field exposure was modelled as a continuous variable, odds ratios using the principal metric were close to unity for all disease categories, never differing significantly from one.
We will report the results as the estimate of the measure of association model coefficients for continuous outcomes, odds ratios (OR) for binary outcomes or hazard ratio (HR) for time-to-event outcomes, corresponding 95% confidence intervals, and associated p-values.
We will also summarize pairwise relationships among blocks of exposure variables and covariates representing the common domains using matrices of appropriate association measures (e.g., Pearson correlations for continuous variables, odds ratios for binary variables), along with variable clustering methods [ 48].
Age was also related to the chosen drug treatment when tested as a continuous variable (odds ratio (OR) = 0.969, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.945 to 0.993, P < 0.01 for early DMARD treatment; OR = 1.021, 95% CI = 1.006 to 1.035, P < 0.01 for corticosteroid treatment).
