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Table 3 Cox univariate analysis for 180-day mortality

From: Pentraxin-3 as a marker of disease severity and risk of death in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections: a nationwide, prospective, observational study

Variable

n

180-day mortality

  

HR

95 % CI

p

Age, years

135

1.04

1.01–1.07

0.005

SAPS II, point

130

1.06

1.05–1.08

<0.0001

Sex

 Female

51

ref.

  

 Male

84

1.42

0.70–2.89

0.331

Chronic disease

 No

49

ref.

  

 Yes

86

1.81

0.85–3.84

0.124

Pentraxin-3

 Low ≤52.4 ng/mL

 

ref.

  

 High >52.4 ng/mL

 

2.60

1.28–5.29

0.008

Procalcitonin

 Low ≤7.73 μg/L

 

ref.

  

 High >7.73 μg/L

 

2.22

1.11–4.44

0.024

C-reactive protein

 Low ≤222 mg/L

 

ref.

  

 High >222 mg/L

 

0.44

0.22–0.89

0.021

  1. Markers are divided by high versus low concentrations according to median values
  2. CI Confidence interval, HR Hazard ratio, ref. Referent, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II