Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis “Yang-Xu Zheng”: Significant Prognostic Predictor for Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Table 7

Diagnostic signs of Yang-Xu Zheng as independent predictors of sepsis mortality.

VariablePrediction rate: 74.6%
WaldRelative risk95% CI value

Fatigue 0.34 0.141.410.24–8.32 NS
Lethargy−1.35 2.960.260.06–1.21 NS
Cool extremities 1.9417.946.97 2.84−17.12<0.01
Edematous limbs 0.51 1.361.660.71–3.92 NS
Weak pulse 1.35 5.643.86 1.27–11.77 0.02

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed by “enter” method.
CI: confidence interval.
being statistically significant.