Table 4.

The MEWS and CCI of patients in the clinical condition analysis

	Total number of patients	Number of patients in whom blood cultures were performeda	Number of patients with positive blood culturesa
MEWS
Non-severe (<2)	190	92 (48)	11 (12)
Severe (≥2)	85	65 (76)	12 (18)
Total	275	157 (57)	23 (15)
Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval, p value		3.5, 2.0–6.2, p < 0.001b	1.7, 0.7–4.1, p = 0.3b
CCI
Non-severe (<2)	173	104 (60)	10 (6)
Severe (≥2)	102	53 (52)	13 (13)
Total	275	157 (57)	23 (15)
Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval, p value		0.7, 0.4–1.2, p = 0.2c	3.1, 1.2–7.5, p = 0.02c

^aNumbers are n (%), unless otherwise indicated

^bNonsevere MEWS is the reference group

^cNonsevere CCI is the reference group