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. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e69482. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069482

Table 2. Univariate logistic regression analysis for factors associated with survival of 7 days or less.

Variable OR (95% CI) p-value
Age (years) 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 0.947
Sex - male vs. female 1.44 (0.63–3.41) 0.395
Functional status and symptom burden
Mean muscle power 0.70 (0.48–1.00) 0.051
Cognitive impairment 2.94 (1.28–7.03) 0.013
Edema 0.94 (0.41–2.16) 0.887
Jaundice 1.74 (0.76–4.01) 0.188
Ascites 2.57 (1.10–6.02) 0.028
ECOG PS - grade 3 or 4 vs. 1 or 2 3.37 (1.28–10.62) 0.021
Heart rate variability indices
lnTP 0.79 (0.58–1.00) 0.080
lnHFP 0.82 (0.68–0.96) 0.021
ln(LFP/HFP) 0.80 (0.51–1.22) 0.308

OR: odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, lnTP: natural logarithm-transformed total power, lnHFP: natural logarithm-transformed high-frequency power, ln(LFP/HFP): natural logarithm-transformed (lower-frequency power/high frequency power).