Skip to main content

Table 2 Effect of blood type on mortality in the three ICU cohorts—Cox regression

From: ABO blood types and sepsis mortality

Blood type (percentage of cohort)

Univariable

Multivariablea

HR

(95%-CI)

P

HR

(95%-CI)

P

PASS cohort

A (45%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (11%)

0.64

(0.42–0.99)

0.05

0.63

(0.41–0.97)

0.03

AB (4%)

1.61

(0.98–2.62)

0.06

1.59

(0.97–2.61)

0.06

O (40%)

1.04

(0.82–1.32)

0.74

1.00

(0.79–1.27)

0.99

Non-B (89%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (11%)

0.61

(0.41–0.94)

0.02

0.61

(0.40–0.93)

0.02

TRISS cohort

A (43%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (11%)

0.87

(0.57–1.32)

0.51

0.91

(0.60–1.38)

0.66

AB (4%)

0.92

(0.47–1.81)

0.81

1.04

(0.52–2.07)

0.91

O (42%)

1.05

(0.82–1.36)

0.68

1.04

(0.80–1.34)

0.78

Non-B (89%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (11%)

0.85

(0.57–1.27)

0.42

0.89

(0.60–1.32)

0.57

CCF cohort

A (37%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (14%)

0.90

(0.79–1.01)

0.08

0.89

(0.79–1.01)

0.06

AB (4%)

0.92

(0.75–1.13)

0.43

0.92

(0.75–1.13)

0.42

O (44%)

0.96

(0.88–1.05)

0.37

0.96

(0.88–1.05)

0.34

Non-B (86%)

1.00

  

1.00

  

B (14%)

0.92

(0.82–1.03)

0.14

0.91

(0.82–1.02)

0.12

  1. aAll cohorts adjusted for age, sex, ischemic heart disease, previous stroke and whether the patient had a pulmonary infection focus