Table 3.

Multivariate Cox analysis of clinical characteristics in relation to overall survival

Characteristics	Multivariate analysis
	HR	95% CI	P
Lnc MEG3	2.981	1.159 – 7.664	0.023
Gender	1.531	0.635 – 3.690	0.342
Age	1.225	0.510 – 2.944	0.649
BMI	0.491	0.202 – 1.191	0.115
WBC	0.558	0.239 – 1.300	0.176
Neutrophils	0.904	0.360 – 2.272	0.831
CRP	0.423	0.176 – 1.014	0.054
Lactate dehydrogenase	1.079	0.455 – 2.559	0.862
Lymphocyte	1.130	0.475 – 2.6848	0.783
PCT	2.574	1.029 – 6.434	0.043
Delay from symptom onset to hospital admission	2.522	1.080 – 5.887	0.032

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin.