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Table 2 Logistic regression model for in-hospital mortality in relation to plasma haptoglobin levels

From: Association between haptoglobin, hemopexin and mortality in adults with sepsis

Characteristic

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

P-value

Age, years

1.022

1.004, 1.041

0.016

APACHE II score

1.075

1.040, 1.111

<0.001

Chronic liver disease

2.567

1.099, 5.999

0.029

Cell-free hemoglobin level (log, mg/dl)

2.152

1.324, 3.497

0.002

Haptoglobin (log, μg/mL)

0.653

0.433, 0.984

0.042

  1. Odds ratios are per one year increase in age, one point increase in Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score, the presence versus absence of chronic liver disease, one log increase in cell-free hemoglobin, and one log increase in haptoglobin level.
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