Table 6 Summary of Cox proportional hazard regression analysis with hospital mortality as the dependent variable
From: Infections of respiratory or abdominal origin in ICU patients: what are the differences?
| Â | Estimated coefficient | SE | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, per year | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.04 (1.03 to 1.05) | < 0.001 |
Cancer | 0.57 | 0.20 | 1.76 (1.20 to 2.59) | 0.004 |
Septic shock on admission | 0.42 | 0.15 | 1.52 (1.13 to 2.04) | 0.006 |
Early coagulation failure | 0.98 | 0.18 | 2.68 (1.88 to 3.80) | < 0.001 |
Early acute renal failure | 0.6 | 0.15 | 1.83 (1.37 to 2.45) | < 0.001 |
Early neurological failure | 0.36 | 0.16 | 1.43 (1.04 to 1.96) | 0.029 |
Abdominal/respiratory variable | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Respiratory infection | reference | |||
   Abdominal infection | 0.28 | 0.19 | 1.32 (0.91 to 1.92) | 0.149 |