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Table 2 30-day all-cause mortality in relation to patient characteristics prior to infection

From: Epidemiology and outcome of sepsis in adult patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a Norwegian county 1993–2011: an observational study

Characteristic

No. of deaths within 30 days

30-day mortality within category (%)

Age- and sex-adjusted

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p

Mortality risk (%)

95 % CI

Age (years)

  < 70

12

6.0

1

Reference

 

8.0

3.5–12.4

 70–79

15

14.4

2.72

1.21–6.07

0.02

14.0

7.4–20.6

  ≥ 80

24

21.8

5.57

2.63–11.78

<0.001

24.9

16.4–33.4

 p for trend

    

<0.001

  

Sex

 Male

33

15.1

1

Reference

 

15.4

10.8–20.1

 Female

18

9.2

0.51

0.27–0.97

0.040

8.9

5.0–12.8

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

 0

12

8.4

1

Reference

 

12.9

6.3–19.5

 1–2

20

10.5

0.67

0.30–1.51

0.34

9.3

5.5–13.1

  ≥ 3

19

23.8

1.54

0.66–3.60

0.32

18.1

10.8–25.4

 p for trend

    

0.11

  

Comorbidities a

 Malignant disease

18

20.0

1.61

0.82–3.13

0.15

16.1

9.2–23.0

 Renal failure

6

25.0

2.25

0.82–6.21

0.11

21.7

7.0–36.4

 Diabetes mellitus

9

17.6

1.44

0.64–3.28

0.43

15.7

6.1–24.9

 Hypertension

22

22.4

2.35

1.22–4.54

0.01

19.3

12.0–26.6

 Coronary heart disease

16

19.0

1.05

0.52–2.11

0.75

12.6

6.7–18.6

 Heart failure

6

15.0

0.62

0.23–1.62

0.35

8.7

1.9–15.4

 Chronic pulmonary disease

10

10.4

0.73

0.34–1.55

0.49

10.0

4.3–15.8

 Cerebral ischemic disease

7

17.5

1.03

0.40–2.50

0.93

12.4

6.7–18.6

  1. aThose not having the condition were used as reference category