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Table 2 Logistic univariate and multivariate analysis of the variables related to DNR completion

	Univariate				Multivariate
	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p
	OR	Lower	Upper	p	OR	Lower	Upper	p
Age	1.003	0.983	1.024	0.759	1.007	0.979	1.036	0.641
Gender (Ref: male)				0.179
female	0.652	0.350	1.216	0.179	0.509	0.248	1.043	0.065
Education (Ref: Elementary school or below)				0.015^*				0.052
Junior high school	0.594	0.238	1.483	0.265	0.630	0.227	1.753	0.377
Senior high school	1.847	0.774	4.411	0.167	1.824	0.675	4.929	0.236
University or above	2.111	0.888	5.016	0.091	2.604	0.903	7.508	0.077
ECOG (Ref: 0 and 1)				0.001^*				0.002^*
2	1.913	0.965	3.792	0.063	2.541	1.185	5.449	0.017^*
3	7.140	2.377	21.451	0.001^*	6.695	2.131	21.035	0.001^*
Religion (Ref: Not specified)				0.351				0.946
Buddhism	1.017	0.426	2.427	0.970	1.052	0.402	2.751	0.917
Christianity	1.438	0.363	5.700	0.605	0.770	0.173	3.432	0.732
Taoism/traditional religions	0.738	0.322	1.689	0.472	0.852	0.344	2.112	0.730
Other	0.216	0.038	1.214	0.082	0.418	0.028	6.225	0.527

Abbreviations: DNR do not resuscitate; ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; CI Confidence interval; OR Odds ratio
^*p < 0.05

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