Suspected ventilator-associated respiratory infection in severely ill patients: a prospective observational study

Table 3 Association between immunosuppression and sVARI by multivariable analysis

Baseline characteristics	Odds ratio	Confidence interval (95%)	P-value
Immunosuppressed	3.34	1.47 to 7.61	0.004
Age
<50	1.0	-
50 to 70	0.78	0.34 to 1.79	0.36
>70	0.89	0.38 to 2.11
Diabetes	0.94	0.51 to 1.73	0.87
Liver disease	0.78	0.37 to 1.61	0.50
Malignancy	1.30	0.71 to 2.39	0.85
CRF	0.92	0.51 to 1.73	0.80

CRF, chronic renal failure; sVARI, suspected ventilator-associated respiratory infection.

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