Research Article
Factors Affecting Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized for Nonmalignant Reasons
Table 5
Risk factor analysis for mortality.
| | | OR | 95.0% CI | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Poor general status as the reason for hospitalization | < | 7.964 | 4.435 | 14.299 | Presence of malignancy as comorbidity | < | 4.381 | 2.179 | 8.810 | Presence of cirrhosis as comorbidity | | 9.628 | 2.653 | 34.938 | Low hemoglobin | 0.078 | 1.825 | 0.934 | 3.564 | Uremia | 0.060 | 2.658 | 0.959 | 7.366 | Hypoalbuminemia | | 3.818 | 1.699 | 8.583 | High ALT | 0.066 | 2.128 | 0.952 | 4.756 | Sodium (normal) | 0.001 | 1 | | | Hyponatremia | 0.235 | 0.677 | 0.355 | 1.290 | Hypernatremia | | 3.500 | 1.596 | 7.675 | Potassium (normal) | 0.038 | 1 | | | Hypopotassemia | | 2.582 | 1.178 | 5.658 | Hyperpotassemia | 0.144 | 1.631 | 0.846 | 3.146 | Uric acid (normal) | 0.040 | 1 | | | Hypouricemia | 0.421 | 1.988 | 0.374 | 10.573 | Hyperuricemia | | 2.366 | 1.216 | 4.605 | Hypertriglyceridemia | | 1.935 | 1.108 | 3.381 | TSH (normal) | 0.005 | 1 | | | Low TSH | 0.485 | 1.249 | 0.670 | 2.328 | High TSH | | 6.166 | 2.048 | 18.568 |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone. < 0.05 is statistically significant.
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