Risk Factors for Hospital and Long-Term Mortality of Critically Ill Elderly Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

Table 5

Independent predictors of mortality following hospital discharge on multivariate analysis.

	Adjusted SHR (95% CI)
	Age < 65	value	Age ≥ 65	value
Comorbidities
2 to 3	2.34 (1.48–3.69)	<0.0001	1.43 (0.75–2.71)	0.275
>3	5.01 (3.21–7.83)	<0.0001	1.86 (1.02–3.40)	0.043
Hb	0.94 (0.90–0.98)	0.002	0.94 (0.90–0.98)	0.002
Diagnosis
Airway	2.23 (1.57–3.15)	<0.0001	2.23 (1.57–3.15)	<0.0001
Malignancy
Hematological disease	1.11 (0.63–1.94)	0.721	1.11 (0.63–1.94)	0.721
Nonhematological disease	2.31 (1.39–3.84)	0.001	2.31 (1.39–3.84)	0.001

CI: confidence interval; SHR: subdistribution hazard ratio; Hb: hemoglobin; only variables which were independently associated with mortality following hospital discharge () on multivariate analysis are shown.