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Multivariate analysis of factors associated with in-hospital mortality |
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| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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| Variable |
RR (95% CI) |
P value |
RR (95% CI) |
P value |
RR (95% CI) |
P value |
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| Age, per year increment |
1.02 (1.00–1.04) |
0.026 |
- |
1.02 (1.00–1.03) |
0.053 |
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| Diseases severity |
- |
- |
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| Sepsis |
1.0 |
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| Severe sepsis |
1.25 (0.65–2.39) |
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| Septic shock |
1.70 (0.48–6.05) |
0.674 |
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| Intensive care admission |
- |
- |
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| No |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
2.50 (0.85–7.42) |
0.098 |
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| Polymicrobial infection |
- |
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| No |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
3.02 (1.58–7.41) |
0.001 |
2.52 (1.27–5.01) |
0.008 |
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| Hemoglobin, per μmol/L increase |
- |
0.71 (0.52–0.97) |
0.031 |
0.70 (0.56–0.88) |
0.002 |
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| Leukocyte count, per 109/mL increase |
- |
1.00 (0.96–1.05) |
0.795 |
- |
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| C-reactive protein, per milligram/L increase |
- |
1.00 (0.99–1.00) |
0.287 |
- |
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| Urea, per μmol/L increase |
- |
1.02 (0.98–1.06) |
0.234 |
- |
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| Alanine transferase, per unit/L increase |
- |
0.99 (0.98–1.00) |
0.195 |
- |
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RR: relative risk; CI: confidence interval | ||||||
Jessen et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:108 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-108 |
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