Table 3.
Association between presence of intestinal finding on computed tomography and patients’ outcome.
| No intestinal imaging findings (N%) | Intestinal imaging findings (N%) | Crude Rate Ratio (95% CI) |
Minimally adjusted* Rate Ratio (95% CI) |
Fully ajusted Rate Ratio* (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worse clinical outcome | 17 (27%) | 11 (55%) | RR = 2.7(1.3–5.9) P = 0.008 |
RR = 3.0 (1.2–7.2) P = 0.01 |
RR = 2.6 (1.1–6.7) P = 0.04 |
| Death | 14 (22%) | 9 (45%) | RR = 1.4(0.63–3.4) P = 0.3 |
RR = 1.4 (0.6–3.3) P = 0.02 |
RR = 1.4 (0.5–3.5) P = 0.6 |
| Invasive mechanical ventilation | 7 (11%) | 7 (35%) | RR = 4.3(1.5–12.2) P = 0.006 |
RR = 6.6 (1.9–23.4) P = 0.003 |
RR = 6.2 (1.7–22.6) P = 0.005 |
| ICU admission | 21 (34%) | 10 (50%) | RR = 1.1(0.5–2.4) P = 0.7 |
RR = 1.1 (0.5–2.3) P = 0.7 |
RR = 1.1 (0.5–2.5) P = 0.7 |
| No intestinal imaging findings (N%) | Intestinal imaging findings (N%) | Crude Difference | Minimally adjusted difference | Fully adjusted difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital lenght (days) | 15.2 | 20.1 | +4.9 (-2.5; + 12.4) P = 0.2 |
+5.5 (-2.1; +13.2) P = 0.2 |
+ 6.2 (-1.7; +14.4) P = 0.1 |
| ICU lenght (days) | 7.6 | 13.7 | +6.6 (-12.8; +0.5) P = 0.06 |
+7.3 (-0.2; + 14.9) P = 0.05 |
+7.1 (-0.9; + 15.2) P = 0.07 |
*Minimally adjusted: age and gender **Fully adjusted: age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer.