Psoas Muscle Area Measured with Computed Tomography at Admission to Intensive Care Unit: Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism

Table 2

Results of logistic regression analysis presenting odds of pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI), heart rate, respiratory rate, arterial oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, and value of psoas muscle area with regard to in-hospital mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism managed in intensive care unit.

	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	Significance
PESI	1.001 (0.970-1.034)	NS
Heart rate (pulse/min)	0.930 (0.787-1.099)	NS
Respiratory rate (min)	0.173 (0.101-0.296)	NS
Arterial oxygen saturation (%)	0.948 (0.806-1.115)	NS
SBP (mmHg)	0.958 (0.875-1.051)	NS
Psoas muscle area (cm^2/m^2)	0.259 (0.122-0.551)

Psoas muscle area meaningfully reduced in-hospital mortality rate with an odds ratio of 0.259.