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Table 9 Multivariate analysis: risk factors for occurrence of death during hospitalization

From: Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: a comprehensive review of the CIAO study

Risk factors

Odds ratio

95%CI

p

Age

3.3

2.2-5

<0.0001

Severe sepsis in the immediate post-operative course

27.6

15.9-47.8

<0.0001

Septic shock in the immediate post-operative course

14.6

8.7-24.4

<0.0001

Colonic non diverticular perforation

4.7

2.5-8

<0.0001

Diverticulitis

2.3

1.5-3.7

<0.0001

Small bowel perforation

21.4

8-57.4

<0.0001

Delayed initial intervention

2.4

1.5-3.7

0.0001

  1. Stepwise multivariate analysis, PR=0.005 E PE=0.001 (Hosmer-Lemeshow chi2(8)=1.68, area under ROC curve=0.9465).
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