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Table 5 Multivariate analysis with forward stepwise multiple logistic regression model for probability of 28-day mortality in patients receiving low-dose corticosteroid therapy

From: Early initiation of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in the management of septic shock: a retrospective observational study

Variables

Adjusted OR

95% CI

P-value

SAPS 3

1.059

1.028-1.091

0.0001

Need for renal replacement therapy

4.191

2.026-8.668

0.0369

Late (> 6 hour) low-dose corticosteroid therapy

2.142

1.047-4.382

0.0369

  1. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score.
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