Research Article

Stress Hyperglycaemia Indicates Embolus Size and Localization in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Table 3

Association of in-hospital mortality and patient characteristics.

FET (univariate analysis)Logistic regression (multivariate analysis)
Odds ratio (95% CI)Odds ratio (95% CI)

Patients without DM (154)
 Sex0.22040.5402 (0.2098–1.3908)
 Age0.06373.9677 (0.8797–17.8963)
 Diabetes mellitus
 Thromboembolic history0.74120.5657 (0.1224–2.6142)
 Malignancy0.02670.02303.1751 (1.17298.5955)
 Embolus localization0.79460.8900 (0.3182–2.4897)
 SH0.00614.1806 (1.508211.5876)0.00844.0360 (1.430311.3889)
 PESI class0.07293.9677 (0.8797–17.8963)

All patients (190)
 Sex0.50560.7084 (0.3023–1.6598)
 Age0.00284.5805 (1.038620.2016)0.13421.0397 (0.9880–1.0941)
 Diabetes mellitus1.00001.0806 (0.3763–3.1035)
 Thromboembolic history0.77220.7290 (0.2033–2.6140)
 Malignancy0.09512.4554 (1.0325–5.8388)
 Embolus localization0.81181.2613 (0.4743–3.344)
 SH0.00923.4044 (1.34888.5928)0.04952.5974 (1.00206.7329)
 PESI class0.000225.6154 (1.5308428.6366)0.9968Indeterminate

FET is the Fisher exact test; logistic regression; and significant values are marked in bold.