From: Obesity and smoking are factors associated with poor prognosis in patients with bacteraemia
Predisposing factor | All patients | Deceased | Survivors | p-value | RR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 149 | N = 19 | N = 130 | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Obesitya | 27 (23.7) | 7 (70.0) | 20 (19.2) | 0.002 | 9.8 (2.3–41.3) |
Current smoker or ex-smokerb | 66 (48.5) | 13 (92.9) | 53 (43.4) | <0.001 | 16.9 (2.1–133.5) |
Alcohol abuse | 24 (16.1) | 7 (36.8) | 17 (13.1) | 0.008 | 3.9 (1.3–11.2) |
Type 1 diabetes | 5 (3.4) | 0 (0) | 5 (3.8) | 1 | 1.0 (0.9–1.0) |
Type 2 diabetes | 29 (19.5) | 6 (31.6) | 23 (17.7) | 0.153 | 2.1 (0.7–6.2) |
COPD | 8 (5.4) | 4 (21.1) | 4 (3.1) | 0.01 | 8.4 (1.9–37.1) |
Haematological malignancy | 11 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 11 (8.5) | 0.36 | 0.9 (0.9–1.0) |
Solid malignancy | 15 (10.1) | 3 (15.8) | 12 (9.2) | 0.41 | 1.8 (0.5–7.2) |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 7 (4.7) | 3 (15.8) | 4 (3.1) | 0.045 | 5.9 (1.2–28.8) |
Liver cirrhosis | 4 (2.7) | 1 (5.3) | 3 (2.3) | 0.42 | 2.4 (0.2–23.8) |
Cardiac diseasec | 44 (29.5) | 6 (31.6) | 38 (29.2) | 0.834 | 1.1 (0.4–3.2) |
McCabe II or IIId | 24 (16.1) | 3 (15.8) | 21 (16.2) | 1 | 1.0 (0.3–3.6) |
Corticosteroid treatmente | 18 (12.1) | 2 (10.5) | 16 (12.3) | 0.824 | 0.8 (0.2–4.0) |
Chronic diseasef | 117 (78.5) | 18 (94.7) | 99 (76.2) | 0.065 | 5.6 (0.7–43.9) |
Age over 60 years | 78 (52.3) | 11 (57.9) | 67 (51.5) | 0.604 | 1.3 (0.5–3.4) |
Male sex | 79 (53.0) | 14 (73.7) | 65 (50.0) | 0.053 | 2.8 (1.0–8.2) |
Nosocomial infection | 30 (20.1) | 1 (5.3) | 29 (22.3) | 0.084 | 0.2 (0.03–1.5) |