Table 8.

Risk factors of unfavorable outcome^† in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) by univariate and multivariate analyses

	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
	p-value	p-value	OR (95%CI)
ALL hospitalized patients with CAP (n = 94)
Age	<.001*	.002*	1.07 (1.03–1.1)
Comorbid conditions	.04*	NS
ECOG ≥2a	.02*	NS
Severe CAP	<.001*	.001*	7.9 (2.4–26.3)
Guideline-discordant treatmentb	.01*	.079	2.5 (0.9–7.1)
Hospitalized patients with severe CAP (n = 50)
Age	.008*	.01*	1.1 (1.01–1.1)
Comorbid conditions	.65	NS
ECOG ≥2a	.24	NS
Guideline-discordant treatmentb	.02*	.02*	4.6 (1.3–17.1)

OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval

^†Unfavorable outcome includes treatment failure or death during hospital admission

^aECOG scale: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale of performance status

^bThe 2007 ATS/IDSA guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults⁷

*Statistically significant difference. NS: not significant difference