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. 2013 Aug 7;8:1015–1021. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S50238

Table 3.

Risk factors for mortality after treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with vancomycin

Variable Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Odds ratio 95% CI P-value
Age 0.983 0.881–1.097 0.763
Nephrotoxicity 2.570 0.420–15.734 0.307 2.544 0.421–15.371 0.309
Infection severity 1.021 0.268–3.889 0.976
Charlson comorbidity index 1.236 0.924–1.654 0.154 1.236 0.941–1.625 0.128
Combination antibiotic therapy 0.745 0.195–2.852 0.667
Nonoptimal AUC (<250, >450 μg*h/mL) 25.377 5.791–111.203 < 0.001 23.156 6.814–78.687 < 0.001

Note: Hosmer–Lemeshow test, P = 0.134.

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the concentration curve; CI, confidence interval.