Table 2.

Risk factors for mortality in patients with MERS-CoV infection

Variable	OR	95% CI	P
Age (≥50 versus <50 years)	26.1	3.58–190.76	0.001
Diabetes mellitus	15.74	2.46–100.67	0.004
Oxygen requirementa (yes versus no)	0.32	0.9–1.1	0.07
Creatinine (>110 versus ≤110 μM)b	2.33	0.73–7.4	0.15
IFN-α treatment	0.16	0.02–1.38	0.09
IFN-β treatment	0.28	0.03–2.33	0.24

^aRequirement of >2 L/min.

^bEquivalent to 1.24 mg/dL.