Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analyses of testicular survival in undescended testes.
Variables | Case number | Failure events | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | Range | P Value | OR | Range | P Value | |||
Age | 364 | 18 | 0.998 | 0.997–1.000 | 0.095 | 0.998 | 0.996–1.000 | 0.118 |
Primary location of testicles | ||||||||
Scrotum + Suprascrotal | 164 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Inguinal + Above inguinal | 200 | 17 | 13.91 | 1.851–104.52 | 0.011 | 11.764 | 1.549–89.326 | 0.017 |
Combined with other congenital diseases* | ||||||||
No | 324 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Yes | 40 | 6 | 4.496 | 1.687–11.983 | 0.003 | 3.191 | 1.190–8.558 | 0.021 |
Premature birth or not | ||||||||
Gestation age ≥37 weeks | 320 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Gestation age <37 weeks | 44 | 2 | 0.912 | 0.210–3.969 | 0.902 | — | — | — |
Surgical methods | ||||||||
Scrotal approach | 30 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Inguinal approach | 193 | 15 | 2.026 | 0.267–15.353 | 0.494 | — | — | — |
Laparoscopic approach | 7 | 2 | 10.431 | 0.943–115.338 | 0.056 | — | — | — |
Laterality | ||||||||
Right | 182 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Left | 182 | 11 | 1.566 | 0.607–4.04 | 0.353 | — | — | — |
