Table 3.
Univariate and multivariate analysis for in-hospital death in patients with a septic presentation in the Emergency Department (Sep group).
| Variable | Survived n = 262 |
Deceased n = 160 |
Univar. p |
Hazard Ratio | Multiv. p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 78 [68–85] | 82 [70–87] | 0.003 | 1.02 [1.01–1.04] | 0.003 |
| Sex (Male) | 131 (50.0) | 85 (53.1) | 0.533 | ||
| PCT > 0.5 ng/mL | 129 (49.2) | 107 (66.9) | <0.001 | 1.77 [1.27–2.48] | 0.001 |
| PCT value | 0.49 [0.17–4.93] |
1.11 [0.34–6.56] |
0.006 | ||
| Charlson Index | 6 [4–8] | 7 [5–9] | 0.003 | ||
| Severe obesity | 10 (3.8) | 4 (2.5) | 0.582 | ||
| Hypertension | 86 (32.8) | 48 (30.0) | 0.545 | ||
| CAD | 44 (16.8) | 36 (22.5) | 0.147 | ||
| Heart failure | 63 (24.0) | 56 (35.0) | 0.015 | 1.34 [0.95–1.88] | 0.097 |
| PVD | 74 (28.2) | 52 (32.5) | 0.354 | ||
| Dementia | 36 (13.7) | 16 (10.0) | 0.257 | ||
| COPD | 62 (23.7) | 38 (23.8) | 0.984 | ||
| Diabetes | 63 (24.0) | 54 (33.8) | 0.031 | 1.25 [0.89–1.74] | 0.187 |
| CKD | 69 (26.3) | 60 (37.5) | 0.016 | 1.21 [0.87–1.69] | 0.264 |
| Leukemia/lymphoma | 17 (6.5) | 11 (6.9) | 0.877 | ||
| Malignancy | 47 (17.9) | 34 (21.3) | 0.402 |
Abbreviations: PCT—Procalcitonin; CAD—Coronary artery disease; PVD—Peripheral Vascular Disease; COPD—Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD—Chronic kidney disease.