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 6

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for identification of independent clinical factors and biomarkers of predicting 6-month life dependence.

VariablesAdjusted odds ratio95% Confidence intervalP

Clinical factors for predicting 6-month life dependence
Age0.5000.196~1.2770.147
Pneumonia type0.0670.001~3.8030.190
Charlson’s comorbidity index0.0460.001~1.8270.101
ICU stay0.0830.001~5.0670.235
Hospital stay 0.8610.670~1.1050.240
MV day 1.1340.851~1.5120.390

Biomarkers of predicting 6-month life dependence
Lactate (mg/dL)
 Day 10.9090.737~1.1270.385
 Day 30.9440.808~1.1020.465
Albumin (g/dL)
 Day 1 18.6751.018~342.6770.049
 Day 30.4150.016~10.5510.595
 Day 3 : Day 10.0560.000~148.5270.474
HMGB1 (pg/mL)
 Day 11.0030.999~1.0060.099
 Day 30.9940.989~1.0000.068

ICU: intensive care unit; MV: mechanical ventilation; HMGB1: high-mobility group protein B1.