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. 2022 Feb 19;132(5):3883–3890. doi: 10.1111/jam.15476

TABLE 4.

Analysis of factors related to hvKP infection

Variates Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR 95% CI p HR 95% CI p
hvKP 0.502 0.172–1.469 0.208
Age 1 0.962–1.039 0.991
Sex 1.936 0.614–6.102 0.26
Hospital‐acquired infection 4.113 1.462–11.568 0.007 4.25 1.407–12.812 0.01
Malignant tumour 1.612 0.452–5.743 0.461
Hypertension 1.717 0.622–4.735 0.297
Coronary heart disease 0.046 0.129–1.867 0.555
Diabetes 0.454 0.144–1.426 0.176
Renal insufficiency 3.091 0.871–10.971 0.081 4.02 1.072–15.059 0.039
Chronic liver diseases 0.365 0.048–2.777 0.33
Immunosuppressive diseases 7.817 1.758–34.766 0.007 4.37 0.934–20.405 0.061
Malnutrition status 0.754 0.099–5.737 0.785

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; hvKP, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.