Research Article
A Study of Community-Acquired Pneumonias in Elderly Individuals in Bijapur, India
Table 14
Association of vital signs with mortality.
| | Variables | Survivors () | Nonsurvivors () | Total () | | value | Inference* |
| | Temperature | | | | | | | | 35°C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.725 | 0.05 | A | | 35–38°C | 16 | 1 | 17 | | | | | >38°C | 26 | 6 | 32 | | | | | Respiratory rate >24/min | 32 | 8 | 40 | 2.381 | 0.123 | NA | | Pulse rate >100/min | 28 | 8 | 36 | 3.704 | 0.054 | A | | Systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg | 1 | 7 | 8 | 36.226 | 0.000 | HA |
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*NA: not associated, A: associated, HA: highly associated.
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