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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Plasma levels of EPO, hepcidin, ferritin, IL-6, sTfR/log ferritin as well as the RDW and SOFA score on day 1 of ICU admission were independent predictors of 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis

From: Inflammatory anemia-associated parameters are related to 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis admitted to the ICU: a preliminary observational study

 

β value

Wald value

P value

OR value

95% CI

EPO

− 0.097

7.128

< 0.01

0.908

0.845–0.975

Hepcidin

0.063

8.821

< 0.01

1.065

1.022–1.110

Ferritin

0.010

4.099

< 0.05

1.010

1.000–1.021

IL-6

0.033

6.049

< 0.05

1.033

1.007–1.061

RDW

0.399

4.042

< 0.05

1.490

1.010–2.199

sTfR/log ferritin

− 0.340

5.237

< 0.05

0.712

0.532–0.952

SOFA score

0.435

11.299

< 0.01

1.545

1.199–1.991

Constant

− 12.787

13.431

< 0.01

0.000

 
  1. CI confidence interval; EPO erythropoietin; ICU intensive care unit; IL-6 interleukin-6; OR odds ratio; RDW red blood cell distribution width; SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; sTfR soluble transferrin receptor
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