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. 2012 Oct 17;12:260. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-260

Table 4.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with mortality among cases of hospital-associated and community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Denmark from 1995-2008

 
Hospital-associated SAB
Community-acquired SAB
30-d mortality (%) Adjusted MRR (95% CI) 30-d mortality (%) Adjusted MRR (95% CI)
Overall
2368/9412 (25.2%)
 
1439/5074 (28.4%)
 
Age, years
 
 
 
 
 1 >
19/337 (5.6%)
0.45 (0.28-0.73)
1/58 (1.7%)
0.13 (0.02-0.93)
 1-15
9/232 (3.9%)
0.27 (0.14-0.53)
1/235 (0.4%)
0.03 (0.04-0.23)
 16-35
32/535 (6.0%)
0.39 (0.27-0.56)
15/405 (3.7%)
0.25 (0.14-0.42)
 36-55
282/1733 (16.3%)
1.0
152/938 (16.2%)
1.0
 56-75
983/3982 (24.7%)
1.7 (1.5-1.9)
483/1734 (27.9%)
1.8 (1.5-2.2)
 > 75
1043/2593 (40.2%)
3.2 (2.8-3.7)
787/1704 (46.2%)
3.6 (3.0-4.4)
Sex
 
 
 
 
 Female
988/3755 (26.3%)
1.0
616/1927 (32.0%)
1.0
 Male
1380/5657 (24.4%)
0.90 (0.83-0.98)
823/3147 (26.2%)
0.82 (0.74-0.92)
CCI score
 
 
 
 
 0
527/2822 (18.7%)
1.0
435/2293 (19.0%)
1.0
 1-2
1049/3868 (27.1%)
1.3 (1.1-1.4)
606/1801 (33.6%)
1.3 (1.1-1.5)
 > 2
792/2722 (29.1%)
1.4 (1.2-1.6)
398/980 (40.6%)
1.6 (1.4-1.9)
Alcohol-related disorders
 
 
 
 
 No
2113/8585 (24.6%)
1.0
1251/4532 (27.6%)
1.0
 Yes
255/827 (30.8%)
1.7(1.5-2.0)
188/542 (34.7%)
1.9(1.6-2.2)
Year
 
 
 
 
 1995-1997
526/1893 (27.8%)
1.0
262/989 (26.5%)
1.0
 1998-2000
502/1992 (25.2%)
0.83 (0.74-0.94)
365/1261 (28.9%)
1.00 (0.85-1.17)
 2001-2003
512/2010 (25.5%)
0.79 (0.70-0.89)
257/893 (28.8%)
0.89 (0.75-1.06)
 2004-2006
535/2171 (24.6%)
0.74 (0.66-0.84)
355/1155 (30.7%)
0.90 (0.76-1.05)
 2007-2008 293/1346 (21.8%) 0.65 (0.56-0.75) 200/776 (25.8%) 0.74 (0.61-0.89)

SAB: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia; MRR: Mortality rate ratio; CI: confidence interval, CCI: Charlson comorbidity index.