Table 3

- Relationship between types of foreign body and different parameters.

Type of foreign body
VariablesCoin
n=93
Battery
n=21
Food bolus
n=6
Other
n=3
P-valuePair analysis
n%n%n%n%
Clinical cresentation Age
(1–4)2931.21781116.71751.5<0.001P1 = 0.001
P2 = 0.001
P3 = 0.103
P4 = 0.001
P5 = 0.147
P6 = 0.009
(5–8)4144.1419116.71339.4<0.406
(9–11)1920.500116.713<0.847
(12–15)44.30035026.1<0.355
Previous history of FB ingestion
No93100211006100331000.531P1 = 0.649
P2 = 0.177
P3 = 0.516
P4 = 0.247
P5 = 0.936
P6 = 0.256
Hospital stay
24 hours9298.91781610033100<0.001P1 ≤ 0.001
P2 = 0.798
P3 = 0.550
P4 = 0.247
P5 = 0.009
> 24 hours11.14190000
Hospital course Chest x-ray finding
No FB seen0000466.726.1<0.001P1 = 0.117
P2 ≤ 0.001
P3 = 0.052
P4 ≤ 0.001
P5 = 0.132
P6 = 0.001
(C1–C6)5357838.1233.31957.6<0.733
(C7–T4)40431361.9001236.4<0.453
Need for rigid upper endoscopy
Yes9096.8201003503297<0.001P1 = 0.416
P2 ≤ 0.001
P3 = 0.956
P4 = 0.001
P5 = 0.432
P6 ≤ 0.001
No33.20035013
Esophygeoscopy finding
No operation2729419233.3618.2<0.001P1 ≤ 0.001
P2 ≤ 0.001
P3 = 0.014
P4 = 0.193
P5 ≤ 0.001
P6 = 0.212
Complication11.11571.4233.3412.1<0.351
No complication6569.929.5233.32369.7<0.817
  • P1: Coin versus (vs.) Battery group, P2: Coin vs. Food group, P3: Coin vs. Others group, P4: Battery vs. Food group, P5: Battery vs. Others group, P6: Food vs. Others group