Hypermagnesaemia, but Not Hypomagnesaemia, Is a Predictor of Inpatient Mortality in Critically Ill Children with Sepsis

Table 3

Odds ratio (95% CI) for all-cause mortality across three serum magnesium levels.

	Normomagnesemia		Hypomagnesemia		Hypermagnesemia
	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Hospital mortality
Univariate	Reference	—	0.84 (0.31-2.33)	0.741	6.90 (2.91-16.36)	<0.001
Model 1	Reference	—	0.84 (0.31-2.33)	0.741	6.90 (2.91-16.36)	<0.001
Model 2	Reference	—	0.84 (0.29-2.45)	0.746	3.15 (1.20-8.25)	0.020
Model 3	Reference	—	0.78 (0.26-2.32)	0.654	4.22 (1.55-11.50)	0.005

OR: odds ratio.