Infections and Ischemic Stroke Outcome

Table 4

Logistic regression for poor 30-day outcome (in-hospital infections).

	Variables	Pneumonia			UTI			Pneumonia and UTI
		OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Death	Pneumonia	5.422	3.684–7.979	<.001	—	—	—	—	—	—
	UTI	—	—	—	0.551	0.353–0.859	.009	—	—	—
	Pneumonia and UTI	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.275	1.454–3.559	<.001
	Age	1.028	1.012–1.044	<.001	1.038	1.022–1.054	<.001	1.037	1.021–1.052	<.001
	Gender (male)	0.850	0.605–1.194	.350	0.912	0.656–1.266	.581	0.987	0.711–1.371	.939
	mRS 3–5 before stroke	1.699	1.093–2.641	.018	1.652	1.073–2.543	.023	1.598	1.043–2.450	.031
	Heart failure	2.197	1.527–3.162	<.001	2.079	1.463–2.954	<.001	2.018	1.419–2.870	<.001
	Atrial fibrillation	1.143	0.806–1.623	.453	1.206	0.861–1.688	.276	1.193	0.850–1.673	.307
	Diabetes mellitus	1.093	0.757–1.576	.636	1.108	0.775–1.584	.574	1.108	0.776–1.583	.574
	CAD	0.865	0.611–1.225	.415	0.875	0.625–1.224	.435	0.856	0.612–1.198	.365
	Body temperature day 1	1.413	0.968–2.061	.073	1.384	0.958–2.000	.083	1.467	1.017–2.117	.041
	Mean week temperature	3.528	2.376–5.238	<.001	4.906	3.334–7.219	<.001	3.963	2.663–5.898	<.001
Death or dependency	Pneumonia	12.467	6.449–24.102	<.001	—	—	—	—	—	—
	UTI	—	—	—	2.125	1.536–2.942	<.001	—	—	—
	Pneumonia and UTI	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.615	6.385–66.562	<.001
	Age	1.027	1.017–1.038	<.001	1.032	1.022–1.042	<.001	1.032	1.022–1.042	<.001
	Gender (male)	0.700	0.556–0.882	.002	0.847	0.674–1.063	.152	0.783	0.624–0.981	.034
	mRS 3-5 before stroke	17.244	8.495–35.004	<.001	16.536	7.998–34.187	<.001	16.854	8.295–34.241	<.001
	Heart failure	1.301	0.960–1.763	.090	1.282	0.952–1.727	.102	1.252	0.926–1.693	.145
	Atrial fibrillation	1.152	0.875–1.515	.313	1.185	0.907–1.548	.213	1.138	0.868–1.492	.348
	Diabetes mellitus	1.288	0.978–1.696	.071	1.265	0.966–1.657	.088	1.309	0.997–1.719	.052
	CAD	1.147	0.894–1.472	.281	1.104	0.864–1.412	.428	1.142	0.891–1.462	.294
	Body temperature day 1	1.963	1.391–2.772	<.001	1.895	1.348–2.665	<.001	1.937	1.380–2.719	<.001
	Mean week temperature	2.262	1.648–3.105	<.001	2.946	2.089–4.155	<.001	2.288	1.636–3.200	<.001

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; CAD: coronary artery disease.