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Table 3 Risk factors for mortality of patients in univariate/multivariate Cox’s proportional hazard models

From: Hyponatremia is a marker of disease severity in HIV-infected patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

Univariate Model

Multivariate Model

Risk factors

Hazard ratio (95% Confidence interval)

P-value

Hazard ratio (95% Confidence interval)

P-value

Age < 35 years

0.51 (0.29-0.87)

0.014

0.91 (0.48-1.73)

0.782

Female gender

1.68 (1.01-2.80)

0.045

1.65 (0.86-3.16)

0.132

African ethnicity

1.29 (0.77-2.15)

0.366

  

Homo-bisexuel orientation

0.28 (0.13-0.59)

0.0003

0.90 (0.34-2.34)

0.827

Natremia < 135 mmol/l

3.94 (2.30-6.74)

<0.0001

1.03 (0.54-1.97)

0.935

AIDS

8.83 (5.18-15.06)

<0.0001

5.24 (2.59-10.62)

<0.0001

CD4 cell count < 350/μl

11.71 (4.66-29.43)

<0.0001

6.58 (1.89-23.06)

0.003

HIV viral load > 100 000 copies/ml

3.36 (1.87-6.03)

<0.0001

1.15 (0.56-2.37)

0.702

Hepatitis B

0.23 (0.032-1.71)

0.172

  

Hepatitis C

2.54 (1.15-5.60)

0.0259

2.70 (1.172-6.23)

0.02

Fib4 score > 3.25

3.84 (1.95-7.55)

<0.0001

1.69 (0.77-3.74)

0.192

Anemia

4.30 (2.95-6.27)

<0.0001

1.15 (0.75-2.84)

0.263

Hyperlipidemia

0.93 (0.54-1.59)

0.892

  

Diabetes mellitus

4.22 (1.96-9.11)

0.0011

2.07 (0.88-4.85)

0.096

Inclusion period 1998-2004

2.54 (1.52-4.25)

0.0004

1.32 (0.72 – 2.42)

0.372