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

Table 3

Multiple logistic regression of the independent variables for mortality.

Variable	Z	Standard error	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	value
Serum sodium (mmol/L)	−4.14	0.013	0.93	0.92–0.97	<0.001
Serum albumin (g/L)	−2.62	0.013	0.96	0.94–0.99	0.009
Total protein (g/L)	0.19	0.009	1.00	0.98–1.02	0.846
Serum urea (mmol/L)	1.39	0.009	1.01	0.99–1.03	0.164
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)	−0.42	0.002	0.99	0.99–1.00	0.675
Length of hospital stay (days)	−1.21	0.139	0.98	0.96–1.01	0.227