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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2009 Oct 17;182(6):2742–2747. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.050

Table 5.

Multivariate predictors of death from Fournier's gangrene

aOR (95% CI) p Value
Pt
Age: <0.0001
 Less than 40 Referent
 40–49 4.0 (1.1–14.1)
 50–59 7.3 (2.2–24.7)
 60–69 11.0 (3.1–38.9)
 70+ 15.0 (4.5–49.7)
Charlson comorbidity index/point 1.20 (1.0–1.4) 0.04
Comorbidities:
 Congestive heart failure 2.1 (1.1–3.8) 0.02
 Renal failure 3.2 (1.6–6.4) 0.001
 Coagulopathy 3.4 (1.6–7.4) 0.002
Admission via transfer 1.9 (1.0–3.7) 0.048
Hospital
No. Fournier's cases/yr: <0.0001
 1 Referent
 2–4 0.53 (0.30–0.95)
 5–9 0.58 (0.27–1.24)
 10+ 0.16 (0.04–0.66)
Teaching center 1.9 (1.1–3.1) 0.01