Factors Affecting Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized for Nonmalignant Reasons

Table 5

Risk factor analysis for mortality.

	𝑃	OR	95.0% CI
			Lower bound	Upper bound
Poor general status as the reason for hospitalization	< 𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗	7.964	4.435	14.299
Presence of malignancy as comorbidity	< 𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗	4.381	2.179	8.810
Presence of cirrhosis as comorbidity	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗	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	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗	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	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟐^∗	3.500	1.596	7.675
Potassium (normal)	0.038	1
Hypopotassemia	𝟎.𝟎𝟏𝟖^∗	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	𝟎.𝟎𝟏𝟏^∗	2.366	1.216	4.605
Hypertriglyceridemia	𝟎.𝟎𝟐𝟎^∗	1.935	1.108	3.381
TSH (normal)	0.005	1
Low TSH	0.485	1.249	0.670	2.328
High TSH	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗	6.166	2.048	18.568

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.
^∗𝑃 < 0.05 is statistically significant.