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).

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