Research Article

Impact of Serum Biomarkers and Clinical Factors on Intensive Care Unit Mortality and 6-Month Outcome in Relatively Healthy Patients with Severe Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for identification of independent clinical factors and biomarkers of predicting ICU mortality.

VariableAdjusted odds ratio95% Confidence intervalP

Clinical factors for predicting ICU mortality
Age1.5060.807–2.8100.198
Initial appropriate antibiotics use0.0320.001–0.8140.037
APACHE II score
 Day 1 0.001<0.001–90.2100.239
 Day 3 1024.530.009–1.1870.244
 Day 3 : day 1 8.5660.003–27664.4750.602
SOFA score
 Day 1 0.032<0.001–34.7610.335
 Day 3 2.7560.711–10.6870.143
SAPS II score
 Day 1 2.2220.111–44.4230.601
 Day 3 0.5580.030–10.2340.694
 Day 3 : Day 1 0.469<0.001–28252.8670.893

Biomarkers for predicting ICU mortality
CRP (mg/L) day 3 1.2650.798–2.0050.317
D-dimer (ng/mL) day 1 1.2110.818–1.7930.339
Lactate (mg/dL) ratio 0.8790.005–163.3710.879
Albumin (g/dL) day 3 1.075<0.001–7.9760.261
HMGB1 (pg/mL)
 Day 1 1.0021.000–1.0040.026
 Day 3 0.9900.968–1.0130.384
IL8 (pg/mL)
 Day 1 1.0390.955–1.1300.737
 Day 3 1.0750.940–1.2290.291

ICU: intensive care unit; APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; CRP: C-reactive protein; HMGB1: high-mobility group protein B1; and IL: interleukin.