Hyponatraemia as a Predictor of Mortality in Medical Admissions in Ghana: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Predictors associated with in-hospital mortality.

Variable		Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	value
Male gender		1.14	0.84–1.58	0.375
Age greater than 50 yrs		1.05	0.77–1.45	0.720
Hyponatraemia		1.62	1.18–2.22	0.002
Infection		1.01	0.68–1.49	0.932
Malignancies		1.92	0.71–4.93	0.132
Heart failure		1.11	0.69–1.77	0.644
Cranial pathologies		0.87	0.57–1.32	0.498
Chronic kidney disease		1.50	0.92–2.40	0.078
Hyperglycaemia		0.50	0.26–0.87	0.012
Liver disease		1.39	0.89–2.16	0.123
Alcoholism		0.67	0.22–1.72	0.389
Hypoalbuminaemia		2.08	1.46–2.99	<0.001

Hypoalbuminaemia, serum albumin of less than 35 g/L; yrs, years; hyperglycaemia, serum random blood glucose above11.1 mmol/L on admission.