Clinical outcomes among hospital patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Adjusted associations of hospital mortality in a sample of MERS-CoV patients (n = 63)

Variable	Level	N	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age	(in years)	63	1.03	0.99–1.07	0.19
Sex	Male	47	1.0
Sex	Female	16	2.4	0.49–11.6	0.28
Admission status	Pneumonia / ARDS^a	56	1.0
Admission status	Septic Shock / MOF^b	07	47.9	3.9–585.5	0.002
N. of diseases at admission^c	None	24	1.0
N. of diseases at admission^c	At least one	39	2.1	0.04–1.13	0.07

^aARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome
^bMOF: Multiple organ failure
^cChronic diseases included diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis C, chronic renal diseases, and chronic heart diseases

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