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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis on hospital mortality

From: Gastrointestinal complications are associated with a poor outcome in non-critically ill pneumonia patients

Parameter

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Age, ≥ 65 years

2.189

1.169–4.097

0.014

Male sex

0.677

0.451–1.017

0.060

CURB-65, per point increase

1.952

1.516–2.514

< 0.001

Comorbidity

   

 Diabetes mellitus

0.699

0.441–1.111

0.130

 Malignancy

1.943

1.209–3.123

0.006

 Heart failure

0.869

0.441–1.714

0.686

 Coronary artery disease

1.028

0545–1.939

0.933

 Chronic kidney disease

0.751

0.336–1.679

0.486

 COPD

0.763

0.384–1.513

0.438

Laboratory testing

   

 White blood cells, > 9 K/μL

1.760

1.148–2.697

0.010

 Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, > 3

2.445

1.016–5.883

0.046

 Albumin, < 3.5 g/dL

2.421

1.554–3.771

< 0.001

 C-reactive protein, ≥ 0.8 mg/dL

1.692

0.487–5.873

0.407

Events in the first 3 hospital days

   

 Septic shock

25.896

8.970–74.765

< 0.001

 ARDS

0.760

0.083–6.954

0.808

Any GI complication

1.753

1.003–3.065

0.048

  1. ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CURB, Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure; GI, gastrointestinal