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. 2020 Sep 29;7:571542. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.571542

Table 2.

Risk factors associated with death for patients with COVID-19 undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation.

Univariable OR (95% CI) P-value Multivariable OR (95% CI) P-value
Baseline characteristics
 Age, years 1.05 (1.00–1.10) 0.049 1.03 (0.97–1.09) 0.343
 Male sex (vs. female) 0.74 (0.27–1.93) 0.547
P/F pre–intubation, mmHg
 P/F 0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.002 0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.006
Laboratory results at post–intubation day 3, median (IQR)
 Platelet count, × 109.L−1
  >100 0.47 (0.15–0.38) 0.175
  <100 2.13 (0.72–6.48) 0.175
 AST/ALT
  ≥1 5.13 (1.80–15.83) 0.003
  <1 0.19 (0.06–0.56) 0.003
 BUN, mmol.L−1
  ≥8.2 2.16 (0.65–7.60) 0.215
  <8.2 0.46 (0.13–1.54) 0.215
 Creatinine, μmol.L−1
  ≥133 2.86 (0.73–14.29) 0.154
  <133 0.35 (0.70–1.37) 0.154
 BNP, pg.ml−1
  ≥100 4.00 (1.28–13.46) 0.019
  <100 0.25 (0.07–0.78) 0.019
 TnI, ng.L−1
  ≥26.2 11.00 (3.05–48.37) <0.001
  <26.2 0.09 (0.02–0.33) <0.001
Complications
 Cardiac injury 8.04 (2.95–24.95) <0.001 15.60 (4.20–74.43) 0.001
 Liver injury 4.33 (1.69–12.04) 0.003 5.40 (1.46–23.56) 0.016
 Kidney injury 8.42 (2.56–38.38) 0.002 8.39 (1.63–61.41) 0.019

Data are Odds Ratios (95% CI). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. P/F, PaO2/FiO2 ratio; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; TnI, troponin I.