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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Virol. 2017 Sep 14;90(1):50–60. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24930

Table 3.

Risk Factors for Mortality 60 Days After Influenza Diagnosis in HM Patients (n=190)

Number of patients
(%)

Characteristic Alive
(n=160)
Dead
(n=30)
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
P Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P
Age 49 (1–88)a 52 (13–75)a 1.13 (0.92–1.38)b 0.246 1.10 (0.78–1.55)b 0.577
Sex 0.664 0.455
  Female 60 (38) 10 (33) 1.00 1.00
  Male 100 (62) 20 (67) 1.20 (0.53–2.73) 0.65 (0.21–2.02)
Influenza season 0.470 0.605
  H1N1 (April 2009–May 2010) 48 (30) 11 (37) 1.00 1.00
  Post-H1N1 (November 2010–February 2014) 112 (70) 19 (63) 0.74 (0.33–1.67) 0.74 (0.23–2.34)
Type of malignancy 0.018 0.113
  Leukemia 92 (58) 10 (33) 1.00 1.00
  Lymphoma/myeloma 68 (42) 20 (67) 2.71 (1.19–6.15) 2.37 (0.82–6.88)
Cancer status 0.030 0.586
  Remission 43 (27) 2 (7) 1.00 1.00
  Active/relapse 117 (73) 28 (93) 5.15 (1.18–22.52) 1.63 (0.28–9.39)
Corticosteroid use 0.009 0.574
  No 123 (77) 16 (53) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 37 (23) 14 (47) 2.91 (1.30–6.51) 1.37 (0.46–4.14)
BMI 0.226 0.181
  Normal/underweight 61 (38) 15 (50) 1.00 1.00
  Overweight/obese 99 (62) 15 (50) 0.62 (0.28–1.35) 0.47 (0.16–1.41)
Neutropenia 0.140 0.477
  No 131 (86) 21 (14) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 29 (76) 9 (24) 1.94 (0.80–4.66) 1.64 (0.42–6.43)
Lymphocytopenia 0.140 0.995
  No 131 (82) 21 (70) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 29 (18) 9 (30) 1.94 (0.80–4.66) 0.99 (0.26–3.80)
Decreased albumin level <0.001 0.423
  No 108 (68) 7 (23) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 52 (32) 23 (77) 6.82 (2.75–16.93) 1.65 (0.49–5.57)
Elevated creatinine level 0.020 0.041
  No 136 (85) 20 (67) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 24 (15) 10 (33) 2.83 (1.18–6.79) 3.33 (1.05–10.56)
Hypoxia at diagnosis <0.001 0.036
  No 131 (82) 8 (27) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 27 (17) 22 (73) 13.34 (5.38–33.12) 5.87 (1.12–30.77)
Antiviral therapy within 24 hours of onset of symptoms 0.665 0.951
  No 143 (89) 26 (87) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 17 (11) 4 (13) 1.29 (0.40–4.16) 1.05 (0.20–5.54)
Respiratory co-infection 0.003 0.010
  No 142 (89) 20 (67) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 18 (11) 10 (33) 3.94 (1.60–9.74) 6.30 (1.55–25.67)
Center <0.001 0.369
  1 125 (78) 10 (33) 1.00 1.00
  2 35 (22) 20 (67) 7.14 (3.06–16.65) 2.26 (0.38–13.35)
a

Median (range),

b

interval of 10 years,

c

data available for 188 patients only