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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors related to 30-day mortality of patients younger than 74 years-old

From: Procalcitonin is not an independent predictor of 30-day mortality, albeit predicts pneumonia severity in patients with pneumonia acquired outside the hospital

  

Univariate Logistic Regression

Multivariate Logistic

Regression

Variable

OR

95%CI

P value

OR

95%CI

P value

Age (years)

1.07

0.98–1.17

0.11

   

Sexa

1.41

0.36–5.46

0.62

   

Category of pneumoniab

4.08

1.20–13.93

0.02c

1.05

0.09-12.71

0.97

PSI class

2.72

1.40–5.29

< 0.01c

1.29

0.39-4.29

0.68

BMI (kg/m2)

0.58

0.42–0.79

< 0.01c

0.46

0.27-0.80

< 0.01c

Albumin (g/dL)

0.07

0.02–0.25

< 0.01c

0.05

0.00-0.73

0.03c

PCT (ng/mL)

1.07

1.02–1.13

0.01c

1.05

0.98-1.12

0.19

CRP (mg/dL)

1.07

1.02–1.14

0.01c

0.93

0.83-1.05

0.24

WBC(/mm3)

1.00

0.99–1.00

0.44

   

BUN(mg/dL)

1.07

1.03–1.11

< 0.01c

1.08

1.00-1.17

0.04c

CCI

1.50

0.92-2.42

0.10

   
  1. OR Odds ratio, Cl Confidence interval, RSI Pneumonia severity index, BMI Body mass index, PCT Procalcitonin, CRP C-reactive protein, WBC White blood cell, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, CCI Charlson comorbidity index
  2. a Female vs male
  3. b Healthcare-associated pneumonia vs community acquired pneumonia
  4. cStatistically significant