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Table 4 Prognostic factors of mortality by logistic regression analyses

From: Surveillance on secular trends of incidence and mortality for device–associated infection in the intensive care unit setting at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan, 2000–2008: A retrospective observational study

Variables

Within 30-day mortality

In-hospital mortality

 

OR

95% CI

P -value

OR

95% CI

P -value

Device-associated infection (yes/no)

2.51

1.99-3.17

<0.001

2.61

2.10-3.25

<0.001

APACHE II (every score)

1.05

1.04-1.06

<0.001

1.05

1.04-1.06

<0.001

Service (medical/surgical)

1.64

1.44-1.88

<0.001

1.68

1.40-1.96

<0.001

Length of stay after the onset of infection (every day)

1.04

1.03-1.05

<0.001

1.02

1.01-1.03

<0.001

Serum albumin (< 2.5 g/dL)

1.57

1.38-1.79

<0.001

1.57

1.37-1.78

<0.001

Blood creatinine ( >1.5 mg/dL)

1.68

1.44-1.96

<0.001

1.68

1.44-1.95

<0.001

Neoplasms (yes/no)

1.52

1.30-1.77

<0.001

1.44

1.24-1.68

<0.001

Hemodialysis whenever during ICU stay (yes/no)

1.38

1.15-1.77

0.001

1.38

1.16-1.65

<0.001

  1. OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence interval; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.