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Table 3 Day-1 body temperature and 28-day mortality

From: The impact of body temperature abnormalities on the disease severity and outcome in patients with severe sepsis: an analysis from a multicenter, prospective survey of severe sepsis

Range of body temperature (°C)

28-day mortality

Unadjusted odds ratio

95% CI

P-value

≤35.5

40.4%

3.096

1.611, 5.947

0.001

35.6 to 36.5

34.4%

2.032

1.009, 4.088

0.047

36.6 to 37.5

20.5%

1.000

(reference)

 

37.6 to 8.5

18.1%

0.853

0.461, 1.577

0.621

38.6 to 39.5

15.8%

0.726

0.377, 1.395

0.404

≥39.6

17.2%

0.803

0.363, 1.778

0.693