Demographics and outcomes of critically ill patients transferred from other hospitals to a tertiary care academic referral center in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Multivariate analyses to determine the predictors of ICU and hospital mortality among patients transferred from other hospitals

	ICU mortality		Hospital mortality
	*aOR (95% CI)**	p value	*aOR (95% CI)**	p value
Age	0.99 (0.97–1.00)	0.02	NS	NS
APACHE II score, each one-point increment	1.2 (1.15–1.25)	<0.0001	1.15 (1.11–1.19)	<0.0001
Chronic liver disease	3.6 (1.56–8.28)	0.003	2.99 (1.31–6.8)	0.009
Female gender	0.56 (0.29–1.05)	0.07	NS	NS

aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, NS not significant, APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.
*The following variables were entered in the model age, gender, APACHE II score on admission, admission diagnosis category, chronic comorbidities, mechanical ventilation, and admission physiological and clinical variables (coma, heart rate > 150 beats/minute, SBP < 90 mm HG, and AKI).