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Table 4 Comparisons of prognostic factors of 14-day mortality between surviving and non-surviving patients with candidemia

From: Delta neutrophil index as a predictive and prognostic factor for Candidemia patients: a matched case-control study

 

Survivor

N = 57 (%)

Non-survivor

N = 13 (%)

p

Adjusted ORs (95% CI)

p

Age (mean ± SD)

65.81 ± 13.361

72.46 ± 18.715

0.959

  

Sex

 Female

27 (47.4)

3 (23.1)

0.110

  

 Male

30 (57.1)

10 (76.9)

   

Co-morbidities

 MaCabe classification

  

0.163

  

  Non-fatal

12 (21.2)

1 (7.7)

   

  Ultimately fatal

43 (75.4)

10 (76.9)

   

  Rapidly fatal

2 (3.5)

2 (15.4)

   

Severity of infection

 Pitt bacteremia score (median, IQR)

0 (0.0–2.0)

4.0 (1.0–5.0)

< 0.001

1.187 (0.890–1.584)

0.244

 Septic shock

10 (17.5)

8 (61.5)

0.003

7.635 (1.159–50.290)

0.035

 Candia colonization

15 (26.3)

4 (30.8)

0.739

  

 Candida score ≥ 3

11 (19.3)

6 (46.2)

0.042

0.900 (0.225–3.609)

0.882

 DNI_D1, %

3.4 (2.2–5.3)

7.4 (4.0–22.0)

0.002

1.156 (1.039–1.287)

0.008

 DNI_48, %

2.0 (0.5–2.9)

6.1 (2.1–14.4)

0.015

1.226 (1.007–1.494)

0.043

 Leukocytes, 103/uL (mean ± SD)

10,831.58 ± 6010.190

10,931 ± 7311.871

0.139

  

 CRP (median, IQR)

66.0 (39.0–145.0)

115.5 (84.2–136.0)

0.036

1.003 (0.996–1.009)

0.412

 Procalcitonin (median, IQR)

0.47 (0.2–1.9)

1.0 (0.38–2.09)

0.303

  

 Time to positive, hours, (median, IQR)

48.0 (34.0–72.0)

31.0 (26.5–53.0)

0.066

  

 Time to antifungal therapy, hours (median, IQR)

60 (42.0–96.0)

36 (12.5–42.0)

0.013

0.968 (0.933–1.004)

0.079

 Duration of Clear- up, days, (median, IQR)

5 (3.0–9.5)

4.5 (4.0–5.0)

0.638

  
  1. DNI Delta neutrophil index, IQR Interquartile ranges, SD Standard deviation, CRP C-reactive protein