Postoperative enterocolitis assessment using two different cut-off values in the HAEC score in Hirschsprung patients undergoing Duhamel and Soave pull-through

Table 5 Risk factors for HAEC (cut-off ≥4) following Duhamel and Soave surgeries

	Mothers’ age at childbirth (years)		p*	OR (95% CI)	Gestational age		p*	OR (95% CI)	Maternal educational level		p*	OR (95% CI)
	≤35	> 35	p*	OR (95% CI)	Preterm	Full-term	p*	OR (95% CI)	No education-elementary	Junior, high school - bachelor	p*	OR (95% CI)
Duhamel HAEC (n, %)	10/16 (63)	6/16 (37)	0.17	0.4 (0.1–1.5)	1/16 (6)	15/16 (94)	0.36	4.5 (0.2–119)	3/16 (19)	13/16 (81)	0.59	0.7 (0.1–3.1)
Soave HAEC (n, %)	21/22 (95)	1/22 (5)	0.07	7.9 (0.9–72.1)	1/22 (5)	21/22 (95)	0.56	0.5 (0.04–5.7)	5/22 (23)	17/22 (77)	0.12	0.4 (0.1–1.3)

*, p-values was calculated using Fisher-Exact test; HAEC, Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

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