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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Intensive Care Med. 2010 Mar 16;36(5):828–835. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1842-4

Table 5.

Multivariate Logistic Regression of Variables Predicting Mortality

Variable Odds Ratio 95% CI p value
Depressive disorders 4.32 1.99 to 9.33 0.0002
Charlson Comorbidity index 1.24 1.03 to 1.49 0.02
Previous psychiatric history 0.85 0.38 to 1.90 0.69
Age 1.06 1.02 to 1.09 0.001
Etiology of respiratory failure
âPost operative 0.58 0.23 to 1.49 0.26
âAcute lung injury 1.11 0.44 to 2.80 0.82
âCOPD 0.89 0.19 to 4.17 0.88
âNeuromuscular 0.66 0.16 to 2.63 0.55
Duration of mechanical ventilation before transfer 1.00 0.99 to 1.02 0.17
APACHE II 1.06 0.97 to 1.16 0.22
Anxiolytics 0.99 0.96 to 1.02 0.57
Antidepressants 0.95 0.92 to 0.99 0.007
Transient delirium 0.38 0.18 to 0.83 0.02