Infections and Ischemic Stroke Outcome

Table 5

Logistic regression for poor 90-day outcome (in-hospital infections).

	Variables	Pneumonia			UTI			Pneumonia or UTI
		OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Death	Pneumonia	4.345	2.876–6.564	<.001
	UTI				0.756	0.513–1.116	.159
	Pneumonia and UTI							5.730	3.399–9.660	<.001
	Age	1.043	1.028–1.058	<.001	1.049	1.034–1.064	<.001	1.048	1.033–1.063	<.001
	Gender (male)	0.973	0.716–1.322	.861	1.040	0.770–1.404	.800	1.089	0.804–1.477	.582
	mRS 3–5 before stroke	2.122	1.365–3.299	.001	2.055	1.328–3.180	.001	2.063	1.328–3.204	.001
	Heart failure	2.121	1.503–2.993	<.001	2.036	1.452–2.853	<.001	1.928	1.362–2.730	<.001
	Atrial fibrillation	1.357	0.984–1.870	.062	1.406	1.029–1.921	.032	1.367	0.992–1.884	.056
	Diabetes mellitus	1.030	0.735–1.443	.865	1.042	0.748–1.451	.808	1.029	0.733–1.443	.870
	CAD	0.944	0.687–1.297	.724	0.942	0.690–1.286	.706	0.955	0.694–1.315	.778
	Body temperature day 1	1.128	0.770–1.654	.536	1.076	0.738–1.568	.704	1.175	0.799–1.729	.413
	Mean week temperature	7.338	4.801–11.216	<.001	10.079	6.595–15.401	<.001	6.766	4.367–10.485	<.001
Death or dependency	Pneumonia	8.700	4.743–15.956	<.001
	UTI				1.517	1.066–2.158	.020
	Pneumonia and UTI							8.940	3.975–20.108	<.001
	Age	1.035	1.023–1.047	<.001	1.039	1.028–1.051	<.001	1.039	1.027–1.051	<.001
	Gender (male)	0.769	0.596–0.992	.043	0.902	0.702–1.159	.419	0.851	0.663–1.092	.205
	mRS 3–5 before stroke	8.850	4.648–16.852	<.001	8.206	4.287–15.707	<.001	8.515	4.468–16.228	<.001
	Heart failure	1.309	0.941–1.820	.110	1.284	0.930–1.774	.129	1.206	0.868–1.677	.264
	Atrial fibrillation	1.259	0.937–1.692	.127	1.275	0.956–1.700	.099	1.241	0.926–1.664	.148
	Diabetes mellitus	1.350	1.005–1.813	.046	1.344	1.007–1.794	.045	1.362	1.016–1.826	.039
	CAD	1.235	0.939–1.626	.131	1.205	0.920–1.576	.175	1.252	0.954–1.644	.105
	Body temperature day 1	1.226	0.838–1.794	.295	1.207	0.834–1.748	.318	1.306	0.898–1.899	.162
	Mean week temperature	3.250	2.151–4.908	<.001	4.521	2.969–6.886	<.001	3.238	2.114–4.962	<.001

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