Prevalence and predictive factors of preoperative hypomagnesaemia among adult surgical patients in a large tertiary hospital in Ghana

Table 6 Multiple logistic regression between hypo/normo magnesium values against Predictive factors

Factors	p-value	Odd’s ratio	Confidence interval
Factors	p-value	Odd’s ratio	Lower	Upper
Sex	0.715	0.82	0.28	2.39
Duration of illness	0.658	1.00	0.99	1.00
Time of last meal	0.499	1.85	0.31	10.93
Diarrhoea	0.888	0.86	0.10	7.39
Vomiting	0.592	0.76	0.27	2.10
Alcohol	0.449	0.66	0.23	1.92
Hypertension	0.503	0.42	0.03	5.42
Diabetes Mellitus	0.486	0.34	0.02	7.01
Asthma	0.954	1.09	0.06	20.66
Diuretics	0.333	3.99	0.24	65.47
ASA	0.886	0.95	0.49	1.86
Surgical diagnosis	0.373	0.84	0.56	1.24
Hypokalaemia	0.001	9.21	2.42	35.09

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