Table 3.

Bi-variable and multi-variable Cox regression analyses for predicting mortality in children with diabetic ketoacidosis in the Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospitals of West Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022 (N=401).

Variables	Category	Survival status		CHR (95% CI)	AHR (95% CI)	P-value
		Event	Censored
Age	<5	19	72	0.77 (0.58, 1.02)	4.38 (1.41, 13.7)	0.011*
	5-10	15	137	0.93 (0.74,1.17)	3.06 (1.06, 8.8)	0.038*
	11-14	6	152	1	1
Gender	Male	10	176	1	1
	Female	30	185	0.79 (0.65, 0.98)	2.5 (1.14, 5.79)	0.023*
Residence	Urban	5	144	1	1
	Rural	35	217	0.79 (0.64, 0.97)	2.86 (1.01,8.11)	0.049*
Child’s education status	Not started	16	49	0.71 (0.52, 0.96)	2.01 (0.76,5.35)	0.162
	KG	10	76	0.84 (0.65, 1.09)	0.95 (0.38,2.38)	0.906
	Primary	14	236	1	1
Infection	Yes	35	213	0.73 (0.59, 0.90)	1.2 (0.397,3.59)	0.753
	No	5	148	1	1
Co-morbidity	Yes	24	112	0.59 (0.48, 0.75)	0.96 (0.45,2.05)	0.914
	No	16	249	1	1
Hypoglycemia	Yes	24	47	0.49 (0.36, 0.68)	4.63 (2.13,10.06)	0.001*
	No	16	314	1	1
Medication adherence	Yes	12	202	1.52 (1.21, 1.82)	0.74 (0.32,1.71)	0.481
	No	28	159	1	1
Recurrent DKA diagnosed	One time	9	145	1	1
	Two times	10	75	0.99 (0.75, 1.31)	1.46 (0.55, 3.86)	0.45
	Three times	11	117	0.93 (0.73, 1.18)	1.3 (0.5, 3.31)	0.59
	Four or more	10	24	0.47 (0.30,0.74)	0.86 (0.19, 3.85)	0.85
Severity of DKA	Mild	5	79	1	1
	Moderate	10	146	0.75 (0.57, 0,99)	0.56 (0.18, 1.83)	0.330
	Severe	25	136	0.66 (0.51, 0.88)	1.04 (0.32, 3.49)	0.953
Glasgow Coma Scale	Mild	12	207	1	1
	Moderate	19	139	0.96 (0,77, 1.21)	1.2 (0.45, 2.83)	0.790
	Severe	9	15	0.33 (0.19, 0.57)	1.06 (0.91, 2.32)	0.340
Vomiting	Yes	33	230	1.01 (0.81,1.25)	1.81 (0.65, 5.02)	0,254
	No	7	131	1	1

* indicates the significant variables which is P-value less than 0.05.