Table 2.

Association of hyperglycaemia and diabetes with the risk of death using stepwise logistic regression (n = 373). Results shown are from final model for each scenario.

Covariates	OR	95% CI
Step 1: using 59 covariatesa
Differential neutrophil countb(%)	1.10	1.06–1.15
Age (y)	1.05	1.02–1.08
On insulin	2.65	1.17–5.97
Haematuria	4.27	1.78–10.3
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.99	1.50–5.95
Initial Platelet count (×109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00
Nasal congestion	9.06	1.33–61.9
Step 2: Step 1 covariates + hyperglycaemia
Differential neutrophil countb(%)	1.09	1.04–1.14
Hyperglycaemia	14.0	3.47–56.3
Age (y)	1.05	1.02–1.09
Haematuria	3.28	1.78–10.3
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.99	1.50–5.96
Fever with chills	5.69	1.51–21.5
Marijuana use	20.9	2.51–174.8
Initial Platelet count (x109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00
Step 3: Step 1 covariates + combination of diabetes and hyperglycaemia
Differential neutrophil countb(%)	1.09	1.04–1.14
Glycaemic status
No-diabetes/no-hyperglycaemia	Ref
No-diabetes/hyperglycaemia	21.94	4.04–119.0
Diabetes/no-hyperglycaemia	5.97	0.32–111.8
Diabetes/hyperglycaemia	17.06	3.46–84.1
Age (y)	1.06	1.02–1.09
Haematuria	3.39	1.39–8.34
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.88	1.46–5.70
Fever with chills	6.10	1.62–23.0
Marijuana use	17.78	1.97–160.5
Initial Platelet count (x109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference category.

Abbreviations: % — percentage, y — years, g/L — grams per Litre, L — Litre.

^aResults are from the final model retained after stepwise forward addition strategy. The full list of included variables in given in the Methods section. Variables in the final model are shown in the order of entry into the model.

^bused as a continuous variable and expressed as percentage.