Prognostic value of PCT in septic emergency patients

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis for independent prediction of death at 30 days

	Univariate analysis	p	Multivariate analysis	p
	OR [95 % CI]	p	OR [95 % CI]	p
Age	1.04 [1.01–1.06]	0.0015	/
Heart rate	1.02 [1.00–1.03]	0.047	/
Personal history of:
Cardiovascular diseases	2.5 [1.1–5.7]	0.024	3.1 [1.0–9.4]	0.0462
Respiratory disease	2.4 [1.05–5.2]	0.036	/
“Other” chronic diseases	0.4 [0.1–1.0]	0.052	/
Severe sepsis/septic shock	2.3 [1.1–4.8]	0.027	4.0 [1.3–12.3]	0.0130
PCT > 32.5 μg/L	21.7 [8.0–58.8]	<0.0001	36.0 [10.0–128.4]	<0.0001

As data were partially collected for lactate and respiratory rate, these parameters could not be included in the analysis