Effect of oral beta-blocker on short and long-term mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure: results from the BASEL-II-ICU study

Table 4 Independent predictors of in-hospital and one-year mortality by multivariate analysis

	In-hospital mortality (n= 51)		One-year overall mortality (n= 128)
	HR (95% CI)	P -value	HR (95% CI)	P -value
Beta-blockers at admission	0.33 (0.14 to 0.74)	0.007	0.29 (0.16 to 0.51)	0.0003
History of malignancy	2.7 (1.5 to 4.9)	0.0012	2.75 (1.70 to 4.43)	0.0003
History of coronary artery disease	-	-	1.81 (1.15 to 2.82)	0.009