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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Mar 10;36(11):2010–2019. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.03.014

Table 4.

Overall hospital mortality risks based on qSOFAa scores.

qSOFAa score Full cohort
RRb (95% CI) p aRRb,c (95% CI) p
0 Reference Reference
1 3.0 (1.9–4.7) <0.001 2.6 (1.6–4.1) <0.001
≥2 4.2 (2.7–6.5) <0.001 3.8 (2.4–6.0) <0.001
 
qSOFAa score HIV uninfected cohort
RRb (95% CI) p aRRb,c (95% CI) p
0 Reference Reference
1 2.8 (1.6–4.8) <0.001 2.3 (1.3–4.1) 0.003
≥2 4.4 (2.6–7.4) <0.001 3.4 (1.9–6.0) <0.001
 
qSOFAa score HIV infected cohort
RRb (95% CI) p aRRb,c (95% CI) p
0 Reference Reference
1 3.0 (1.3–7.2) 0.013 3.0 (1.3–7.1) 0.014
≥2 3.4 (1.4–8.3) 0.007 3.4 (1.4–8.3) 0.007
a

qSOFA abbreviates, quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment.

b

RR abbreviates Relative Risk and aRR abbreviates adjusted Relative Risk.

c

Multivariate models adjusted for patient age, pre-existing co-morbidities, emergency department treatment with intravenous fluids, emergency department treatment with antimicrobials and care duration.