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Table 1 Risk factors for in-hospital death

From: Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of sepsis in Lusaka, Zambia

Variable

Adjusted OR

Crude OR

Anemia, Hb <9 g/dl

0.91 (0.74 to 4.93)

1.05 (0.56 to 1.80)

Blood culture positive

4.8 (1.50 to 15.0)

2.38 (1.14 to 4.95)

GCS

  

   ≥13

1

1

   9 to 12

5.50 (1.90 to 16.20)

3.60 (1.60 to 8.11)

   <9

16.00 (2.90 to 87.10)

11.2 (3.50 to 36.4)

HIV

  

   Negative

1

1

   Positive

4.20 (1.00 to 17.00)

2.35 (0.88 to 6.28)

   Unknown

7.70 (1.20 to 47.70)

8.38 (2.36 to 29.7)

<1 hour to IVF

0.40 (0.10 to 1.10)

0.86 (0.43 to 1.72)

MAP <65

2.10 (0.70 to 6.80)

1.25 (0.56 to 2.81)

IVF in first 6 hours

  

   0

1

1

   1

0.80 (0.30 to 2.00)

0.81 (0.41 to 1.61)

   2 or more

0.30 (0.10 to 1.10)

0.60 0.23 to 1.58)

  1. Statistically significant ORs in bold.