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Table 5.

Association between corticosteroid use and in-hospital mortality for oxygen therapy

Therapy	Medication Use	Mortality		HR (95% CI) (Reference: Non-Corticosteroid)	p value
A. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation^a	Corticosteroid	168/243	(69.1%)	0.38 (0.24–0.60)	< 0.001
A. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation^a	Non-Corticosteroid	51/65	(78.5%)	0.38 (0.24–0.60)	< 0.001
B. High Flow Oxygen^a	Corticosteroid	38/153	(24.8%)	0.46 (0.20–1.07)	0.07
B. High Flow Oxygen^a	Non-Corticosteroid	26/63	(41.3%)	0.46 (0.20–1.07)	0.07
C. Other Oxygen Therapy^a	Corticosteroid	12/214	(5.6%)	0.84 (0.35–2.00)	0.69
C. Other Oxygen Therapy^a	Non-Corticosteroid	31/609	(5.1%)	0.84 (0.35–2.00)	0.69

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval

^aMultivariable Cox model with inverse probability weighting of propensity score was adjusted for age, gender, BMI, myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Charlson weighted score, number of ED visits prior to 6 months, initial vital signs, current medications, and laboratory tests on presentation