Table 3.
Risk of death according to risk factors
| Death | OR (95% CI) | |||||
| Risk factor | Yes | No | p-value | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18 - 29 | 19 (16.7) | 95 (83.3) | ||||
| 30 - 39 | 17 (23.9) | 54 (76.1) | 1.44 (0.80-2.57) | |||
| 40 - 60 | 30 (31.6) | 65 (68.4) | 1.89 (1.14 - 3.14) | 0.041 | ||
| Hyperglycemia at any time | ||||||
| Yes | 58 (30.9) | 130 (69.1) | 3.55 (1.77 - 7.12) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 8 (8.7) | 84 (91.3) | ||||
| Early hyperglycemia | ||||||
| Yes | 45 (33.6) | 89 (66.4) | 2.33 (1.47 - 3.71) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 21 (14.4) | 125 (85.6) | ||||
| Late hyperglycemia | ||||||
| Yes | 53 (35.8) | 95 (64.2) | 3.13 (1.72 - 5.67) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 11 (11.5) | 85 (88.5) | ||||
| Hypoglycemia | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 2.95 (1.61 - 5.40) | 0.029* | ||
| No | 62 (22.6) | 212 (77.4) | ||||
| Days of febrile neutropenia | ||||||
| ≤ 10 days | 47 (19.8) | 190 (80.2) | ||||
| > 10 days | 19 (44.2) | 24 (55.8) | 2.56 (1.43 - 4.58) | < 0.001 | ||
| Positive blood culture | ||||||
| Yes | 34 (35.8) | 61 (64.2) | 2.07 (1.37 - 3.13) | 0.001 | ||
| No | 32 (17.3) | 153 (82.7) | ||||
*Fisher's exact test; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.