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Clinical outcome data<br />

PONV by anaesthetic regimen<br />

The incidence of PONV was analysed to assess<br />

whether the risk of PONV differed between the<br />

anaesthetic regimens. First, the crude (unadjusted)<br />

figures were tabulated. Further tables in appendix<br />

26 display the association between PONV and<br />

other variables that plausibly might be associated<br />

with risk. Logistic regression analysis was employed<br />

to confirm the impression portrayed<br />

by the tabular analyses. It also adjusted the<br />

estimates of PONV risk to allow <strong>for</strong> any residual<br />

effects of the potential confounding variables<br />

that might arise from them not being exactly<br />

evenly distributed across the randomisation<br />

arms. The total numbers of subjects shown in<br />

the tables vary slightly, since some of the variables<br />

have missing data. Probability values presented<br />

with tables refer, unless otherwise stated, to a<br />

simple test <strong>for</strong> heterogeneity among categories.<br />

So-called ‘exact’ tests were employed when<br />

appropriate. Probability values are not<br />

TABLE 22 The occurrence of any PONV by anaesthetic regimen in the adult study<br />

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presented <strong>for</strong> tables examining the distribution<br />

of potential confounding variables among the<br />

randomisation categories, as the statistical significance<br />

of observed differences is not relevant to<br />

the question of confounding.<br />

Tables 22 and 23 give the occurrence of PONV,<br />

at varying degrees of severity, within the randomisation<br />

categories. For all PONV and <strong>for</strong> one or<br />

more episodes of vomiting a substantially larger<br />

proportion of cases occurred with the sevoflurane/<br />

sevoflurane regimen than with the others: 30%<br />

of the sevoflurane/sevoflurane category suffered<br />

PONV compared to 20% overall. Propofol/<br />

propofol appears to have the lowest (crude)<br />

incidence of PONV. Using this as the reference<br />

category the odds ratio (OR) <strong>for</strong> PONV in the<br />

sevoflurane/sevoflurane category is 2.7,<br />

suggesting a nearly three-fold risk of PONV.<br />

When one or more episodes of vomiting is<br />

considered the OR appears to be 6.14. However,<br />

this estimate is based on a small number of<br />

events, and is unreliable.<br />

TABLE 23 The occurrence of one or more episodes of vomiting by anaesthetic regimen in the adult study<br />

Anaesthetic regimen Total<br />

Propofol/ Propofol/ Propofol/ Sevoflurane/<br />

propofol isoflurane sevoflurane sevoflurane<br />

Total No. of patients 265 (100%) 267 (100%) 280 (100%) 251 (100%) 1063 (100%)<br />

One or more episodes<br />

of vomiting – no<br />

260 (98.1%) 253 (94.8%) 270 (96.4%) 225 (89.6%) 1008 (94.8%)<br />

One or more episodes<br />

of vomiting – yes<br />

5 (1.9%) 14 (5.2%) 10 (3.6%) 26 (10.4%) 55 (5.2%)<br />

OR *<br />

1.00 2.88 1.96 6.14 –<br />

(0.96–10.34) (0.60–7.41) (2.26–20.75)<br />

* Calculated using propofol/propofol as reference<br />

Anaesthetic regimen Total<br />

Propofol/ Propofol/ Propofol/ Sevoflurane/<br />

propofol isoflurane sevoflurane sevoflurane<br />

Total No. of patients 265 (100%) 267 (100%) 280 (100%) 251 (100%) 1063 (100%)<br />

Nausea or vomiting – no 228 (86.0%) *<br />

218 (81.6%) †<br />

234 (83.6%) ‡<br />

176 (70.1%) *†‡ 856 (80.5%)<br />

Nausea or vomiting – yes 37 (14.0%) 49 (18.4%) 46 (16.4%) 75 (29.9%) 207 (19.5%)<br />

OR §<br />

* Versus sevoflurane/sevoflurane,p = 0.001; versus other arms, not significant<br />

† Versus sevoflurane/sevoflurane,p = 0.003; versus other arms, not significant<br />

‡ Versus sevoflurane/sevoflurane,p = 0.001; versus other arms, not significant<br />

§ Calculated using propofol/propofol as reference<br />

1.00 1.38 (0.85–2.27) 1.24 (0.75–2.04) 2.69 (1.70–4.31) –<br />

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