Research Article
A Study of Community-Acquired Pneumonias in Elderly Individuals in Bijapur, India
Table 15
Association of laboratory data with mortality.
| | Variables | Survivors () | Nonsurvivors () | Total () | Chi-square | value | Inference* |
| | Total leucocyte count | | | | | | | | <4000/cumm | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8.162 | 0.025 | HA | | 4000– 11,000 cumm | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | >11,000 cumm | 35 | 4 | 39 | | | | | Blood urea >40 mmHg | 27 | 8 | 35 | 4.082 | 0.043 | A | | Serum creatinine >1.4 g/dL | 22 | 7 | 29 | 3.402 | 0.065 | NA | | Hypoalbuminemia | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.426 | 0.514 | NA | | Hyponatremia | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15.322 | 0.000 | HA |
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*NA: not associated, A: associated, HA: highly associated.
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