Table 4

Results from models predicting time to acute organ failure and risk of in-hospital death

Diabetes mellitus
Body mass index
Time to acute organ failure, hazard ratio (95% CI)
Risk of in-hospital death during acute organ failure, odds ratio (95% CI)

No
≤20
1.5 (0.7–3.4)
2.3 (0.3–15.3)
No
21–24
1.0
1.0
No
25–29
0.7 (0.4–1.2)
0.7 (0.2–3.2)
No
≥30
0.9 (0.5–1.6)
0.2 (0.04–1.7)
Yes
≤20
NA
NA
Yes
21–24
3.4 (1.6–7.4)
6.8 (1.00–45.8)
Yes
25–29
2.8 (1.5–5.1)
3.2 (0.9–11.9)
Yes
≥30
2.7 (1.5–4.9)
2.1 (0.5–8.6)

Data are taken from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study 1986–1989 and follow-up. Models were adjusted for age, sex, race, smoking status, education level, body mass index, diabetes status, and lung function status. 95% confidence intervals (CI) that do not include 1.0 are significant at the p = 0.05 level. NA, not available (there were no critical illness hospitalizations in this subgroup).

Slynkova et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R137   doi:10.1186/cc5051