Table 3.

Association of hyperglycaemia and diabetes with the time to death using stepwise Cox regression (n = 373).

Covariates	HR	95% CI
Step 1: using 59 covariatesa
Fatigue	3.33	1.53–7.23
Dialysis	2.95	1.21–7.22
Differential neutrophil countb	1.05	1.01–1.08
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.25	1.32–3.84
Initial Platelet count (x109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00
Steroids	12.21	1.49–100.0
Step 2: Step 1 covariates + hyperglycaemia
Hyperglycaemia	5.56	1.62–19.0
Fatigue	3.24	1.46–7.16
Age (y)	1.03	1.01–1.06
Steroids	13.88	1.64–117.65
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.15	1.31–3.50
Initial platelet count (x109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00
Differential neutrophil countb(%)	1.04	1.00–1.08
Marijuana use	6.07	1.24–29.6
Rivaroxaban	8.37	1.04–66.8
Step 3: Step 1 covariates + combination of diabetes and hyperglycaemia
Glycaemic status
No-diabetes/no-hyperglycaemia	Ref
No-diabetes/hyperglycaemia	8.86	1.90–41.4
Diabetes/no-hyperglycaemia	10.6	0.85–131.8
Diabetes/hyperglycaemia	7.58	1.73–33.1
Fatigue	3.41	1.49–7.80
Age (y)	1.04	1.01–1.06
Steroids	16.0	1.83–139.8
Initial Serum globulin (g/L)	2.26	1.41–3.60
Initial Platelet count (x109 cells/L)	0.99	0.99–1.00
Differential neutrophil countb(%)	1.04	1.01–1.07
Marijuana use	5.19	0.99–160.5
Rivaroxaban	9.63	1.19–78.3

HR, hazards 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.