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Table 6 Multivariate analysis of prognosis factors of outcome in 147 patients with bacterial sepsis

From: Procalcitonin kinetics within the first days of sepsis: relationship with the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy and the outcome

 

Odds ratio

Variable type

95% confidence interval

P value

Age (years)

1.05

Continuous

1.02 to 1.08

<0.01

SOFA score by day 1

1.28

Continuous

1.12 to 1.45

<0.01

ΔPCT D2–D3 >-30%

2.94

Dichotomous

1.22 to 7.09

0.02

Lung source of infection

3.14

Dichotomous

1.40 to 8.26

0.01

  1. SOFA, Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; D1, day sepsis is diagnosed; ΔPCT D2–D3, procalcitonin decrease between day 3 and day 2 after the onset of sepsis.