Effects of totally implantable venous access ports on complications and quality of life in gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy

Table 5 Univariate and multivariate analysis of catheter-related complications in chemotherapy patients with gastrointestinal cancer, n (%)

Parameters	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI
TIVAP	0.005	0.530	0.337-0.825	0.014	0.562	0.355-0.889
Distal SVC/RA	0.022	0.515	0.290-0.908	0.015	0.478	0.264-0.868
Prophylactic antibiotics given	0.011	0.487	0.274-0.839	0.045	0.557	0.314-0.986
Antimicrobial dressing applied	0.030	0.572	0.343-0.939	0.014	0.517	0.305-0.877

TIVAP: Totally implantable venous access ports; RA: Right Atrium; SVC: Superior vena cava.