Table 5.
Risk factors associated with total in-hospital mortality in elderly patients admitted with pneumonia
| Predictive factor | Univariate |
Multivariate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p value | OR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Age | 1.050 | 0.996–1.108 | 0.072 | 1.005 | 0.936–1.079 | 0.892 |
| Two or more comorbidities | 2.316 | 0.944–5.678 | 0.066 | 1.117 | 0.347–3.598 | 0.852 |
| PDR pathogens | 2.466 | 0.983–6.189 | 0.054 | 1.219 | 0.354–4.196 | 0.753 |
| NHAP | 2.277 | 1.026–5.054 | 0.043 | 0.358 | 0.107–1.198 | 0.095 |
| PSI score | 1.041 | 1.027–1.055 | < 0.001 | 1.042 | 1.021–1.065 | < 0.001 |
| CURB-65 score | 3.166 | 2.071–4.839 | < 0.001 | 1.176 | 0.583–2.372 | 0.650 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PDR, potentially drug-resistant; NHAP, nursing home-acquired pneumonia; PSI, pneumonia severity index.