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Table 1 Multivariable logistic regression model results estimating associations between explanatory variables and E. coli BSI 30-day mortalitya

From: Mortality in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections: a multinational population-based cohort study

Variable

aOR

95% CI

p-value

Region

  

< 0.001b

 Finland

1.00

referent

 

 Calgary

1.52

1.36–1.71

< 0.001

 Sherbrooke

0.87

0.64–1.20

0.403

 Skaraborg

1.31

1.09–1.57

0.004

 Western interior

1.69

1.31–2.18

< 0.001

Location of Onset

 Community-onset

1.00

referent

 

 Hospital-onset

2.44

2.25–2.66

< 0.001

3GC-R

 Susceptible

1.00

referent

 

 Resistant

1.37

1.20–1.55

< 0.001

Sex

 Female

1.00

referent

 

 Male

1.77c

1.52–2.05

< 0.001

Age Category

 < 70-years-old

1.00

referent

 

 ≥ 70-years-old

2.21c

1.95–2.52

< 0.001

Interaction - Sex and Age

 Male and ≥ 70

0.73c

0.62–0.87

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BSI Bloodstream infection, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. aModel fits the data based on Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test (p = 0.653)
  3. bOverall p-value for variable estimated using a likelihood ratio test
  4. cExponentiated coefficients are not true aOR due to interaction term – see contrasts in Table 2