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Table 4 Candidate predictors of mortality in patients with infections complicated by heart failure a

From: Procalcitonin testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in bacterial infection complicated by congestive heart failure: a multicenter analysis of 4,698 cases

Factors

β

SE

Wald

df

Significance

RR

RR 95.0% CI

Age

0.059

0.027

4.734

1

0.030

1.061

1.006 to 1.119

Cardiac function class

1.000

0.369

7.343

1

0.007

2.719

1.319 to 5.605

PCT level

0.104

0.027

15.047

1

0.000

1.110

1.053 to 1.170

  1. aPCT, Procalcitonin; RR, Risk ratio. With each 1-year increase in age, the possibility of death increases by 1.061 times. In patients with PCT <0.1, the possibility of death increases by 1.11 times compared with those with PCT >0.1. With each one-class increase in cardiac function, the possibility of death increases by 2.719 times. Data are derived from 134 patients.
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