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Table 3 Multivariable analysis of the association of clinical risk factors with mortality

From: Sepsis outcomes in patients receiving statins prior to hospitalization for sepsis: comparison of in-hospital mortality rates between patients who received atorvastatin and those who received simvastatin

Risk factor

Significance

Odds ratio

Platelet count, time 0

p = 0.001

0.998

Lactate value

p < 0.0001

1.083

APACHE II

p < 0.0001

1.038

Glucose level

p = 0.091

0.998

Male gender

p = 0.073

1.273

Vasopressor use

p < 0.0001

1.678

Mechanical ventilation

p < 0.0001

2.114

Urologic source of infection

p < 0.0001

0.434

Oncologic past history

p = 0.045

1.355

Atorvastatin use prior to sepsis

p = 0.021

0.455

Age

p = 0.003

1.013

Temperature, time 0

p = 0.091

0.928

Mean arterial pressure, time 0

p = 0.459

0.998

Leukocyte count, time 0

p = 0.071

1.010

Hematocrit, time 0

p < 0.0001

0.956

Arterial pH

p = 0.342

1.796