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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of variables associated with mortality in patients with S. aureus bacteremia

From: Impact of ethnicity and socio-economic status on Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia incidence and mortality: a heavy burden in Indigenous Australians

Variable

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

OR (95% CI)

 

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Demographic characteristics

   

Age

    

0-9

4.2

(1.7, 10.3)

0.002

5.1

(1.7, 15.3)

0.004

10-19

1.3

(0.4, 4.3)

0.682

2.4

(0.6, 10.0)

0.213

20-29 (reference)

1.0

  

1.0

  

30-39

2.4

(1.0, 6.0)

0.059

2.7

(0.9, 8.4)

0.078

40-49

4.8

(2.1, 11.2)

<0.001

7.1

(2.5, 19.9)

<0.001

50-59

7.1

(3.1, 16.4)

<0.001

8.5

(3.1, 23.6)

<0.001

60-69

10.6

(4.7, 24.1)

<0.001

14.8

(5.4, 40.6)

<0.001

70-79

18.8

(8.3, 42.6)

<0.001

23.8

(8.7, 65.1)

<0.001

80-89

29.3

(12.9, 66.3)

<0.001

38.1

(13.9, 104)

<0.001

90+

46.2

(19.8, 108)

<0.001

54.4

(19.1, 154)

<0.001

Sex

      

Female

1.0

     

Male

1.0

(0.9, 1.2)

0.838

   

Ethnicity

      

Indigenous

1.0

     

Asian

2.7

(1.7, 4.2)

<0.001

   

Caucasian

3.1

(2.2, 4.3)

<0.001

   

Polynesian

1.7

(0.9, 3.4)

0.131

   

Other

1.7

(1.0, 3.0)

0.052

   

IRSAD quintile

      

1

1.0

     

2

1.3

(1.0, 1.7)

0.033

   

3

1.3

(1.0, 1.6)

0.050

   

4

1.2

(1.0, 1.5)

0.091

   

5

1.3

(1.0, 1.6)

0.026

   

Risk factors and Acquisition

      

Dialysis

      

No

1.0

     

Yes

0.7

(0.5, 0.8)

<0.001

   

IDU

      

No

1.0

     

Yes

0.3

(0.2, 0.4)

<0.001

   

Acquisition

      

Community onset

1.0

     

Community onset HCA

2.1

(1.7, 2.5)

<0.001

1.4

(1.1,1.7)

0.011

Nosocomial

2.4

(2.0, 2.9)

<0.001

1.5

(1.2,1.9)

0.001

Microbiology and antibiotics

      

Susceptibility

      

MSSA

1.0

     

cMRSA

1.3

(1.0, 1.6)

0.025

   

eMRSA

2.0

(1.7, 2.3)

<0.001

   

Antibiotic treatment

      

β-lactam

1.0

     

Glycopeptide

2.0

(1.7, 2.3)

<0.001

1.5

(1.3, 1.8)

<0.001

Other

2.1

(1.6, 2.8)

<0.001

1.6

(1.2, 2.2)

0.002

Clinical infection

      

Primary focus

      

SSTI

1.0

  

1.0

  

Device with 2° infection

1.8

(1.2, 2.7)

0.003

1.9

(1.3, 2.9)

0.003

Device with no 2° infection

0.8

(0.7, 1.0)

0.118

0.9

(0.7, 1.2)

0.600

IE Left sided

1.5

(1.0, 2.1)

0.025

2.2

(1.5, 3.2)

<0.001

IE Right sided

0.6

(0.3, 1.1)

0.092

1.4

(0.7, 3.0)

0.308

No focus

1.9

(1.6, 2.4)

<0.001

1.4

(1.1, 1.9)

0.011

Bone/joint

0.6

(0.4, 0.8)

<0.001

0.8

(0.6, 1.1)

0.228

Respiratory

3.7

(2.9, 4.8)

<0.001

3.6

(2.7, 4.8)

<0.001

Sepsis

4.4

(3.5, 5.5)

<0.001

4.0

(3.1, 5.3)

<0.001

ICU

      

No

1.0

  

1.0

  

Yes

1.8

(1.5, 2.1)

<0.001

2.2

(1.8, 2.7)

<0.001

  1. Note. Adjusted odds ratios and P values are only displayed if that variable was significant in the final multivariate model. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IRSAD, Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage or Disadvantage; HCA, healthcare-associated; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; cMRSA, community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus; eMRSA, epidemic MRSA; SSTI, skin and soft tissue infection; IE, infective endocarditis; ICU, intensive care unit.