Table 3.

Univariate logistic regression analysis for factors associated with in-hospital mortality.

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-Value
Age	1.006	0.984–1.027	0.605
Female gender	2.842	1.383–5.842	0.004
Race
Malay	Reference
Chinese	0.731	0.129–4.137	0.723
Indian	1.827	0.468–7.127	0.386
Others	1.462	0.089–23.895	0.790
Intensive care unit admission	10.766	4.537–25.544	<0.001
Receive active empirical antibiotics	1.115	0.391–3.181	0.838
Immunocompromised	1.182	0.552–2.529	0.667
Charlson comorbidity index	1.106	0.950–1.287	0.195
Sepsis/septic shock	5.802	2.539–13.257	<0.001
Type of infection	1.763	0.806–3.857	0.156
Diagnosis
Bacteremia	1.489	0.702–3.157	0.300
Pneumonia	2.176	1.104–4.291	0.025
Urinary tract infection	0.227	0.063–0.818	0.023
Skin and soft tissue infection	0.424	0.145–1.239	0.117
Intra-abdominal infection	0.943	0.153–5.820	0.949
Polymicrobial infections	1.000	0.438–2.285	1.000
Days to effective antibiotics	0.999	0.878–1.136	0.983
Highest temperature	0.891	0.585–1.348	0.585
Fever	0.868	0.427–1.765	0.696
Leucocytosis	3.563	1.412–8.990	0.007
Tachycardia	1.383	0.701–2.725	0.349
Elevated serum creatinine	2.881	1.411–5.881	0.004
Elevated serum urea	3.448	1.611–7.377	0.001
Anemia	2.613	0.891–7.662	0.080
Thrombocytopenia	2.302	1.025–5.170	0.043
Intubation	10.091	3.580–28.444	<0.001
Hyperbilirubinemia	2.178	1.003–4.729	0.049
Pathogen
Enterobacteriaceae	Reference
P. aeruginosa	0.752	0.278–2.033	0.574
Acinetobacter baumannii	1.015	0.469–2.197	0.970
Received active antibiotic treatment	3.071	1.491–6.327	0.002
Received active antibiotic treatment in first 48 h	1.261	0.486–3.271	0.633

Bold font indicates statistical significance.