Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Correlates1
Table 3
Correlates | High oxygen dependency | ICU care or death | Survival time |
---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI)
p value |
OR (95% CI)
p value |
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
p value |
|
Age
(per 10-y increase) |
1.48 (1.21 to 1.8)
p<0.001 |
1.57 (1.26 to 1.95)
p<0.001 |
1.75 (1.38 to 2.2)
p<0.001 |
Admission neutrophil
(per 1x109/L increase) |
1.31 (1.14 to 1.5)
p<0.001 |
1.28 (1.13 to 1.46)
p<0.001 |
1.17 (1.09 to 1.26)
p<0.001 |
Initial LDH level (per 100 IU/L increase) | 1.49 (1.23 to 1.82) p<0.001 | 1.35 (1.11 to 1.64) p=0.003 | p value not significant |
aICU, intensive care unit; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
1P.T. Tsui and M.L. Kwok were coprincipal investigators and responsible for data collection. Dr. Tsui wrote the manuscript. H. Yuen and S.T. Lai led and fine tuned the research from hypothesis generation to writing the paper.
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