Table 5

Bivariate analysis of risk factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with septic shock

Factor
Nonsurvivors (n = 49)
Survivors (n = 65)
RR (95% CI)
P

Sex



0.07
     Male
18 (36.7)
35 (43.9)


     Female
31 (63.3)
30 (46.1)


Age (years)a
62.5 (55–75)
60 (45–72)

0.11
Hepatic cirrhosis
5 (10.2)
4 (6.2)
1.73 (0.35–9.21)
0.32
Immunosuppression
4 (8.2)
2 (3.1)
2.8 (0.38–31.92)
0.21
COPD
5 (10.2)
5 (7.7)
1.36 (0.29–6.30)
0.42
End-stage renal disease
5 (10.2)
3 (4.6)
2.35 (0.43–15.79)
0.21
Chronic cardiac failure
2 (4.1)
2 (3.1)
1.34 (0.09–19.07)
0.58
Diabetes mellitus
13 (26.5)
18 (27.7)
0.94 (0.38–2.35)
0.89
Noncured malignancy
6 (12.2)
1 (1.5)
8.9 (1.01–417)
0.24
Alcoholism
5 (10.2)
6 (9.2)
1.12 (0.25–4.71)
0.55
Smoking habit
8 (16.4)
10 15.4)
1.07 (0.35–3.29)
0.89
APACHE IIa
18 (14–22)
17 (13–21)

0.09
SOFA (1)a,b
6.5 (3–11)
8 (3–11)

0.8
Bacteraemia
13 (26.5)
26 (40)
0.54 (0.22–1.30)
0.2
Genotype
     -308 TNF-α promoter polymorphism


1.80 (0.61–5.43)
0.42
          GG
42 (85.7)
50 (77)


          GA/AA
7 (14.3)
15 (23)


     TNF-β (NcoI polymorphism)


0.66 (0.26–1.39)
0.19
          GG/GA
16 (32.6)
29 (44.6)


          AA
33 (67.4)
36 (55.4)


     IL-10-1082


0.62 (0.18–1.96)
0.89
          GG
6 (12.2)
12


          GA/AA
43 (81.8)
53


     Genotype TNF -308 GA/AA, TNF-β AA, IL-10-1082 GG


1.09 (0.46–2.61)
0.65
          Yes
16 (32.6)
20


          No
33 (67.4)
45


Delayed AATa
7.5 (4–28.5)
5.5 (3–12)

0.03

Unless otherwise stated, values are expressed as n (%). aResults expressed as median (25th to 75th percentiles). bSOFA (1) means SOFA score of the first 24 hours in the hospital. AAT, appropriate antibiotic therapy; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU, intensive care unit; RR, relative risk; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

Garnacho-Montero et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R111   doi:10.1186/cc4995