Table 4.

Independent risk factors for septic shock

Variable	Univariate	Multivariate analysis
	p valuea	p valuea	OR (95% CI)
Age, yr	< 0.001	0.044	1.06 (1.01–1.12)
Male sex	0.299
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)	0.098
Diabetes mellitus	0.002	0.042	3.00 (1.25–20.47)
Hypertension	0.069
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.034
History of cancer	0.962
Fever/chills	0.60 6
Cough	0.983
Dyspnea	0.002	< 0.001	41.19 (6.60–823.16)
Diarrhea	0.016
Myalgia	0.146
Headache	0.015

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index.

^aCalculated by logistic regression analysis.