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Table 4 Risk factors associated with mortality

From: Aetiologies and outcomes of patients with abdominal pain presenting to an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Total

N (%)

Died

n (%)

Relative risk

95% CI

p-value

Age > 65

29 (14.6)

3 (10.3)

1.4 (0.4–4.5)

0.6

Male

73 (36.7)

10 (13.7)

2.9 (1.1–7.6)

0.03

Referred

118 (59.3)

11 (9.3)

1.5 (0.5–4.2)

0.4

Past medical history

 Previous surgery

37 (18.6)

3 (8.1)

0.1 (0.03–0.4)

0.0003

 Malignancy

18 (9.0)

3 (16.7)

2.3 (0.7–7.4)

0.1

 Diabetes

8 (4.0)

1 (12.5)

1.6 (0.2–10.6)

0.6

 HIV

8 (4.0)

1 (12.5)

1.6 (0.2–10.6)

0.6

Abnormal vitals

 MAP< 65 mmHg

5 (2.5)

1 (20)

2.6 (0.4–16)

0.3

 HR > 100 bpm

74 (37.2)

8 (10.8)

2.2 (0.8–6.1)

0.1

 RR > 22 cpm

18 (9.0)

4 (22.2)

3.4 (1.2–9.3)

0.02

 HDU/ICU admission

2 (1.0)

2 (100)

14.1 (8.5–23.3)

< 0.0001