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. 2012 Feb 7;6(2):e1511. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001511

Table 6. Factors associated with death from visceral leishmaniasis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2002–2009.

Variables Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) p values
Model 1 ( n  = 888) a
Weakness 3.1 (1.4–6.9) 2.9 (1.3–6.4) 0.01
Leishmania-HIV co-infection 2.5 (1.2–5.0) 2.4 (1.2–4.8) 0.02
Age (≥60 versus<60 anos) 2.6 (1.5–4.4) 2.5 (1.5–4.3) 0.00
Model 2 ( n  = 376) b
Other infections 4.6 (2.1–9.7) 3.2 (1.3–7.8) 0,01
Bleeding 6.2 (2.6–15.2) 3.5 (1.2–10.3) 0.02
Jaudice 11.6 (4.7–28.3) 10.1 (3.7–27.2) 0.00
Age (≥60 versus<60 anos) 2.6 (1.5–4.4) 3.1 (1.4–7.1) 0.02
a

Covering the period 2002–2009 and including the variables present in both versions of SINAN (111 death from VL and 777 cures).

b

Covering the period 2007–2009 and including the variables common to both versions of SINAN together with the new variables included in the Net version (49 death from VL and 327 cures).