A Nationwide Population-Based Study of Corrosive Ingestion in Taiwan: Incidence, Gender Differences, and Mortality

Table 4

Multivariate model of risk factor associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with corrosive injuries.

Variables	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Age
0–18	—
19–39	3.08	1.49–6.35	0.002
40–64	6.75	3.31–13.74	<0.001
Above 65	10.93	5.37–22.27	<0.001
Hospital characteristics
Medical center	1.90	0.58–6.22	0.289
Regional hospital	1.01	0.30–3.41	0.992
Local hospital	—
Clinics	0.00	0.00–0.00	1.000
Malignant neoplasms	2.23	1.37–3.62	0.001
Chronic disease	1.30	1.08–1.56	0.006
Psychiatric disorder	0.48	0.38–0.61	<0.001
Systemic complications	5.43	4.61–6.41	<0.001
GI complications	2.02	1.63–2.51	<0.001
Suicide	1.23	1.05–1.44	0.009

Reference group.