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. 2020 Oct 31;10(10):e038370. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038370

Table 3.

Factors associated with 30-day and 1-year mortality in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia in Cox proportional hazards regression analyses (n=57)

Variable Univariate Multivariate
HR 95% CI P value HR 95% CI P value
30-day mortality
 BI 1.00 0.99 to 1.02 0.899 _ _ _
 BMI 1.04 0.92 to 1.18 0.507 _ _ _
 Malnutrition 0.73 0.24 to 2.23 0.581 _ _ _
 Frailty 26.61 0.04 to 16 017.0 0.315 _ _ _
 CCI 1.21 1.02 to 1.43 0.028 1.21 1.02 to 1.43 0.028*
1-year mortality
 BI 0.99 0.98 to 1.00 0.046 1.00 0.99 to 1.02 0.875
 BMI 0.99 0.92 to 1.08 0.854 _ _ _
 Malnutrition 0.86 0.77 to 0.97 0.010 1.05 0.89 to 1.25 0.545
 Frailty 2.82 1.70 to 4.68 <0.001 2.87 1.58 to 4.96 <0.001*
 CCI 1.24 1.10 to 1.40 0.001 1.16 1.01 to 1.34 0.034*

Data are estimated HR and 95% CIs of the explanatory variables in the 1-year mortality group. Data were adjusted for age, sex, disability, malnutrition and comorbidities.

*P<0.05.

BI, Barthel Index; BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson’s Comorbidity Index.