TABLE 5

Medical patients: multivariate predictors of hospital mortality

VariableOR (95% CI)p-value
Model 1#
 APACHE II per point1.148 (1.052–1.253)0.002
 Sodium mmol·L−10.927 (0.864–0.996)0.038
 Platelets ×109·L−10.997 (0.993–1.000)0.052
SpO2/FiO2 ratio0.997 (0.992–1.001)0.104
 Bilirubin IU·L−10.997 (0.970–1.024)0.806
 Creatinine µmol·L−10.999 (0.995–1.004)0.790
 Lactate mmol·L−11.292 (0.983–1.700)0.067
Model 2
 Age years1.045 (1.018–1.073)0.001
 Sodium mmol·L−10.901 (0.836–0.971)0.007
 Platelets ×109·L−10.996 (0.993–1.000)0.038
SpO2/FiO2 ratio0.995 (0.991–0.999)0.020
 Total bilirubin µmol·L−10.993 (0.966–1.021)0.620
 Creatinine µmol·L−11.002 (0.998–1.006)0.333
 Lactate mmol·L−11.562 (1.181–2.066)0.002

APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SpO2: oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry; FiO2: inspiratory oxygen fraction. #: incorporating APACHE II; : excluding APACHE II.