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. 2015 Apr 21;10(4):e0124838. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124838

Table 4. Adjusted odds ratios a for admission with sepsis of any severity stratified by gender.

Females Males
  N, females Adjusted OR N, males Adjusted OR
Age groups (yrs)
    15–64 346/88,565 1.00 [Ref] 287/89,704 1.00 [Ref]
    65–84 419/22,346 2.31 [1.97–2.71] 396/19,135 3.02 [2.54–3.58]
    85+ 155/3,942 3.68 [2.97–4.56] 110/1,649 6.86 [5.32–8.84]
Immunosuppression
    No 706/112,676 1.00 [Ref] 653/109,102 1.00 [Ref]
    Yes 214/2,177 5.50 [4.63–6.54] 140/1,386 4.83 [3.92–5.94]
Alcoholism-related conditions
    No 851/112,949 1.00 [Ref] 704/106,960 1.00 [Ref]
    Yes 69/1,904 3.21 [2.46–4.20] 89/3,528 2.63 [2.07–3.33]
Number of concurrent comorbidities
    0 292/93,216 1.00 [Ref] 244/90,386 1.00 [Ref]
    1–2 301/16,624 3.69 [3.11–4.37] 262/15,259 3.72 [3.09–4.49]
    >2 327/5,013 8.04 [6.66–9.70] 287/4,843 7.56 [6.16–9.28]

aAdjusted for a history of alcoholism-related conditions, the sum of comorbidities: (Psychotic disorder, Neurological, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Cancer, Gastrointestinal, Renal) age in age categories (15–64, 65–84 and 85+ years) and immunosuppression