Table 3

Multivariate analysis of patient characteristics

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Mechanical ventilator

3.68

0.91-14.82

0.067

Pneumonia during neutropenia

4.76

1.41-16.00

0.012

ICU admission for respiratory failure

2.44

0.79-7.57

0.121

ICU = intensive care unit. Goodness of fit (Hosmer-Lemeshow) chi-squared P value = 0.904.

Rhee et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R173   doi:10.1186/cc8149