Table 3.
Factors Associated With Mortality
| Factors | Factors Present | Factor Absent | Univariate Analysis P Values |
Logistic Regression P Values |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex | 85% (82/96) | 83% (43/52) | .64 | ||
| No known underlying diseases | 75% (12/16) | 86% (113/132) | .28 | ||
| Renal disease | 96% (27/28) | 82% (98/120) | .08 | ||
| Hypertension | 88% (65/74) | 80% (60/74) | .36 | ||
| Diabetes | 77% (41/53) | 88% (84/95) | .10 | ||
| Underlying immunosuppression | 96% (25/26) | 82% (100/122) | .08 | ||
| Previous bacteremia | 84% (26/31) | 85% (99/117) | 1.0 | ||
| Receipt of steroid | 86% (107/125) | 78% (18/23) | .36 | ||
| Candidemia | 86% (24/28) | 84% (101/120) | 1.0 | ||
| Candida albicans | 83% (10/12) | 88% (14/16) | 1.0 | ||
| Candida parapsilosis | 86% (6/7) | 86% (18/21) | 1.0 | ||
| Requirement of mechanical ventilation | 95% (119/125) | 26% (6/23) | <.0001 | <.0001 | 61 (15.8–234.9) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range.
By univariate analysis, the median age (IQR) of patients who died was higher (70 years [61–78] than the age of patients who survived (60 years [40–72]); P = .03).