Table 2: Variance inflation factors for the variables analysed in this study.
n = 518 |
|
Sex (man) |
1.79 |
Age (years) |
1.94 |
Hypertension (yes) |
2.06 |
Asthma (yes) |
1.51 |
Antithrombotic medication (yes) |
1.19 |
Smoking habit (yes) |
1.36 |
Alcohol consumption (yes) |
1.28 |
Preoperative sBP (mmHg) |
2.41 |
Preoperative dBP (mmHg) |
1.12 |
Sinus disease |
|
Odontogenic maxillary sinusitis |
3.08 |
Fungal sinusitis |
2.92 |
Cystic disease |
2.16 |
CRS with/without nasal polyps |
3.62 |
Number of inflamed sinuses (pieces) |
5.47 |
Lund Mackay score (points) |
5.4 |
Nasal polyps (yes) |
1.79 |
Preoperative macrolide use (yes) |
1.16 |
Preoperative steroid use (yes) |
1.34 |
Operative time (minutes) |
1.72 |
Initial surgery or re-operation (re) |
1.41 |
Unilateral or bilateral (bilateral) |
4.27 |
Number of sinuses opened (pieces) |
7.15 |
WBC (/μl) |
1.51 |
Neu/Lym ratio |
1.33 |
Eos (%) |
1.41 |
Hb (g/dl) |
2.26 |
Plt (10^4/μl) |
1.48 |
Alb (g/dl) |
1.64 |
AST (U/L) |
3.05 |
ALT (U/L) |
3.73 |
γGTP (U/L) |
1.6 |
ALP (U/L) |
1.21 |
T-bil (mg/dl) |
1.29 |
Creatinine (mg/dl) |
1.1 |
CRP (mg/dl) |
1.5 |
PT-INR |
1.24 |
APTT (seconds) |
1.12 |
None of the variables possessed sufficient multicollinearity to cause problems in the multivariate analysis.
sBP: systolic Blood Pressure; dBP: diastolic Blood Pressure; CRS: Chronic Rhinosinusitis; WBC: White Blood Cell; Neu/Lym ratio: Neutrophil/Lymphocyte; Eos: Eosinophils; Hb: Haemoglobin; Plt: Platelet; Alb: Albumin; AST: Aspartate Aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine Aminotransferase; γ-GTP: γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase; ALP: Alkaline Phosphatase; T-bil: Total Bilirubin; CRP: C-Reactive Protein; PT-INR: Prothrombin Time-International Normalised Ratio; APTT: Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time