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. 2021 Apr 13;10(8):1656. doi: 10.3390/jcm10081656

Table 2.

Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Univariable Analysis
Hazard Ratio (IC 95%)
p-Value Multivariable Analysis
Hazard Ratio (IC 95%)
p-Value
Age 1.1 (1.1–1.2) 0.01 1.06 (0.99–1.14) 0.11
Male sex 0.4 (0.2–0.81) <0.001 0.50 (0.21–1.05) 0.64
BMI 1 0.99 (0.93–1.1) 0.68      
Smokers 0.5 (0.068–3.6) 0.49      
Charlson Index 1.3 (1.2–1.4) <0.001 4.46 (0.26–75.55) 0.30
SAPS II 2 10 (1.7–58) 0.01 1.06 (0.08–13.36) 0.96
PaO2/FiO2 ≤100 3.4 (1.7–6.8) <0.001 4.65 (1.81–11.97) 0.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation 1.8 (0.76–4.1) 0.19 2.88 (0.76–10.97) 0.12
Norepinephrine (>1 µg/kg/min) 2.1 (1–4.1) 0.04 1.08 (0.30–2.84) 0.90
Renal replacement therapy 2.9 (1.4–6.2) 0.005 1.58 (0.58–4.31) 0.37
Creatininemia (log10) 8.5 (2.3–32) 0.002 1.45 (0.20–10.73) 0.71
Hs-cTnT 3 (log10) 4.3 (2.5–7.2) <0.001 4.96 (1.92–12.86) <0.001
CRP 4 (log10) 0.83 (0.37–1.9) 0.65      
PCT 5 (log10) 1.7 (1–2.9) 0.05 1.60 (0.60–4.25) 0.3
Lactatemia (log10) 1.8 (0.21–16) 0.58      
D-dimer (log10) 2.4 (0.81–6.9) 0.12 1.21 (0.17–3.95) 0.8

1 BMI, body mass index; 2 SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; 3 hs-cTnT, high-sensitive cardiac troponin T; 4 CRP, C reactive protein; 5 PCT, procalcitonin.