. 2021 Jan 2;85:34–40. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.12.012

Table 5.

LUS after 72 hours: univariate and multivariate analysis for primary and secondary outcome.

PRIMARY OUTCOME (NUMBER OF PATIENTS=128)
	UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS		MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS^°
	OR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value
TOTAL SCORE	1.36^# (1.12-1.66)	*0.0022*	1.36^# (1.12-1.66)	*0.0022*
AGE (years)		0.0643
66-75 vs ≤65	1.04 (0.11-9.84)		-	-
>75 vs ≤65	4.94 (1.21-20.09)

P/F (mmHg)		*0.0217*		ns
200-300 vs >300	4.47 (0.84-23.90)		-
≤200 vs >300	9.44 (1.88-47.45)

CCI		0.0701
1-2 vs 0	2.97 (0.26-34.09)		-	-
3-11 vs 0	9.53 (1.12-80.89)

BMI (Kg/m²)		0.8718
25-30 vs ≤25	0.78 (0.17-3.47)		-	-
>30 vs ≤25	1.28 (0.22-7.29)

HYPERTENSION presence vs absence	1.35 (0.36-5.07)	0.6559	-	-

SECONDARY OUTCOME (NUMBER OF PATIENTS=118)
	UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS		MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS^§
	OR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value
TOTAL SCORE	1.26^# (1.14-1.40)	*<0.0001*	1.24^# (1.11-1.39)	*0.0001*
AGE (years)		0.2091
66-75 vs ≤65	2.49 (0.84-7.39)		-	-
>75 vs ≤65	1.83 (0.60-5.54)

P/F (mmHg)		*0.0003*		*0.0271*
200-300 vs >300	1.98 (0.61-6.43)		0.70 (0.16-2.95)
≤200 vs >300	27.69 (5.43-141.20)		8.77 (1.54-49.85)

CCI		0.3296
1-2 vs 0	0.55 (0.17-1.74)		-	-
3-11 vs 0	1.36 (0.52-3.55)

BMI (Kg/m²)		0.1176
25-30 vs ≤25	0.46 (0.17-1.22)		-	-
>30 vs ≤25	0.26 (0.05-1.27)

HYPERTENSION presence vs absence	1.43 (0.59-3.45)	0.4231	-	-

LUS=lung ultrasound; P/F=arterial oxygen partial pressure/fractional inspired oxygen ratio; CCI=Charlson Comorbidity Index; BMI=Body Mass Index; D/ICU=death or transfer to ICU; CPAP=continuous positive airways pressure; OR=Odds Ratio; 95% CI=95% confidence interval; ns=not statistically significant.

OR for 1-unit increase in total score.

^°

Total score adjusted for P/F ratio. At multivariate analysis only total score resulted statistically significant.

^§

Total score adjusted for P/F ratio.