A comparison of demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hospital influenza-related viral pneumonia patients

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with death due to three types hospitalized influenza-related viral pneumonia patients

Variables	OR (95% CI)	p-value
White blood cell count > 10,000/mm³	7.22 (1.47–35.58)	0.015
Hemoglobulin (g/dL)		0.1
Platelets count/mm³		0.851
C-reactive protein (mg/L)		0.772
Procalcitonin > 0.5 ng/mL		0.621
D-dimer > 2100 mg/L		0.387
Pro-B-type natriuretic peptides (pg/mL)		0.231
Positive bacterial culture (blood or sputum) on presentation or during hospitalization	6.27 (1.36–28.85)	0.018
Computed tomography consistent with pulmonary consolidation at admission		0.427
Shock^a	13.16 (2.06–84.07)	0.006

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
Pro-B-type natriuretic peptides: For human influenza A, there were 62 miss dates; for B, there were 42 miss dates; for H7N9, there were 11 miss dates
^aShock at any point during the illness

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