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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of predictive factors for unfavorable outcomes in patients with tuberculous pericarditis

From: Predictive factors for unfavorable outcomes of tuberculous pericarditis in human immunodeficiency virus–uninfected patients in an intermediate tuberculosis burden country

Variables

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Large PE

5.974 (1.811–19.703)

.003

Cardiovascular disease

0.255 (0.089–0.733)

.011

Hypoalbuminemiaa

4.905 (1.443–16.667)

.011

Dyspnea

2.792 (0.852–9.145)

.090

Male

2.063 (0.745–5.713)

.163

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PE pericardial effusion
  2. adefined as serum albumin concentration below 3.0 g/dL
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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