Table 2.

Variables related to the incidence density of fever (IDF).

Characteristics	Beta	95% C.I.	p-value
Age (≥ 60)	<0.001	−0.001 to 0.002	0.70
Male	−0.003	−0.06 to 0.05	0.89
Diabetes mellitus	−0.06	−0.12 to 0.002	0.04
VT/VF arrest	0.004	−0.07 to 0.08	0.91
Hepatic insufficiency	−0.05	−0.14 to 0.03	0.24
Renal insufficiency	−0.002	−0.084 to 0.08	0.97
CPR interval (minutes)	0.002	−0.001 to 0.004	0.16
Epinephrine dosing (≥ 4 dose)	0.004	−0.005 to 0.012	0.40
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	0.005	−0.001 to −0.011	0.104
Central venous catheter	0.06	0.003 to 0.123	0.04
Emergency ward	0.108	0.035 to 0.23	0.008
Infection
Positive chest X-ray	0.07	0.02 to 0.12	0.008
Positive sputum culture	0.016	−0.04 to 0.07	0.56
Procalcitonin (ng/ml)	0.004	0.000 to 0.008	0.06
White blood cell count (1,000 cells/L)	0.004	0.00 to 0.009	0.07
Non-infection
GCS ≤ 8	0.20	0.12 to 0.29	<0.001
Blood transfusion	−0.02	−0.07 to 0.04	0.58
Endotracheal intubation	−0.028	−0.113 to −0.058	0.529
Renal replacement therapy	−0.054	−0.186 to 0.079	0.425
Corticosteroid	−0.03	−0.71 to 0.19	0.06
Neuromuscular blocker	−0.18	−0.10 to 0.07	0.67
Antibiotic therapy	−0.03	−0.08 to 0.02	0.28

Beta coefficients represent the influence of various predictors on model variables. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; VT, ventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation.