Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Adjusted OR of developing EK for various factors

From: The risk factors for developing exposure keratopathy in ICU patients

Risk Factors	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Male Gender	1.1 (0.5 - 2.7)	0.733
Age^a	1.0 (1.0 - 1.1)	0.191
APACHE II score^b	1.1 (1.0 - 1.1)	0.104
Mechanical ventilation	6.8 (3.2 - 8.0)	0.028
Sedation	1.2 (0.3 - 7.7)	0.068
Lagophthalmos	32.5 (15.3 - 45.1)	< 0.001

^aOne year increase in age
^bOne point increase in APACHE II score

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