Table 3.
Predictors of death among patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema admitted to a tertiary hospital in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023 (n = 204).
| Variables | Survival status | CHR | AHR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Censored | Death | ||||
| Age for each 10 years | 40 (34–53) | 40.5 (35–69) | 1.28 (0.98–1.67) | 1.35 (1.04–1.74)* | |
| Smoking status | Non-smoker | 122 (67.03) | 5 (22.73) | 1 | 1 |
| Smoker | 60 (32.97) | 17 (77.27) | 5.71 (2.11–15.48)* | 3.26 (1.05–10.10)* | |
| SBP per 10 mmHg | 109.5 (98–128) | 99 (86–106) | 0.71 (0.56–0.91)* | 0.86 (0.61–1.22) | |
| DBP per 10 mmHg | 65 (57–75) | 61 (47–67) | 0.63 (0.46–0.87)* | 0.90 (0.53–1.52) | |
| RR | < 40 | 173 (95.05) | 12 (54.55) | 1 | 1 |
| ≥ 40 | 9 (4.95) | 10 (45.45) | 14.49 (6.08–34.52)** | 5.46 (1.71–17.45)* | |
| Comorbidity | No | 107 (58.79) | 7 (31.82) | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 75 (41.21) | 15 (68.18) | 2.85 (1.16–7.01)* | 1.11 (0.42–2.92) | |
| Anaemia | No | 118 (64.84) | 4 (18.18) | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 64 (35.16) | 18 (81.82) | 6.87 (2.33–20.32)** | 4.35 (1.23–15.33)* | |
CHR: crude hazard ratio; AHR: adjusted hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.
*p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.001.