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Table 6 Factors associated with death due to melioidosis among 158 patients from multiple logistic regression analysis

From: The epidemiology and clinical spectrum of melioidosis in a teaching hospital in a North-Eastern state of Malaysia: a fifteen-year review

Variable

Crude OR (95 % CI)a

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b

Wald Statistics (df)

p value

Age

    

 Less than 40 years

1.00

   

 Equal to or more than 40 years

2.48 (1.09, 5.64)

6.47 (1.79, 23.38)

8.11 (1)

0.004

Septic shock

    

 Not presented

1.00

   

 Presented

14.00 (6.22, 31.50)

16.55 (6.10, 44.90)

30.34 (1)

0.001

Co-morbidity

    

 Not presented

1.00

   

 Presented

2.25 (1.11, 4.55)

3.06 (1.12, 8.41)

4.72 (1)

0.030

Anti-melioidosis therapy

    

 Not Given

1.00

   

 Given

35.03 (4.40, 27.66)

16 (6.94, 12.63)

11.64 (1)

0.001

  1. aSimple logistic regression, bMultiple logistic regression