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Table 5 Predictors of in-hospital HIV-related mortality

From: Causes of hospitalization and predictors of HIV-associated mortality at the main referral hospital in Sierra Leone: a prospective study

Characteristics

Univariate

Multivariate

OR (95% CI)

P value

AOR (95% CI)

P value

Middle/older age (≥ 45 years)

0.97 (0.44–2.16)

0.94

0.87 (0.36–2.10)

0.76

Gender

0.89 (0.46–1.73)

0.73

1.48 (0.67–3.27)

0.33

Smoking

2.05 (0.95–4.41)

0.06

0.77 (0.25–2.37)

0.65

Alcohol use

2.52 (1.20–5.28)

0.01

0.36 (0.11–1.12)

0.08

Illicit drug use

3.11 (0.80–12.10)

0.09

0.44 (0.09–2.26)

0.33

Jaundice

6.33 (1.19–33.77)

0.02

0.11 (0.02–0.62)

0.01

Limb Weakness

4.18 (0.96–18.21)

0.04

0.47 (0.08–2.78)

0.40

Loss of consciousness

4.18 (0.96–18.21)

0.04

0.40 (0.08–2.12)

0.28

Cerebral toxoplasmosis

5.13 (1.23–21.38)

0.01

0.29 (0.05–1.48)

0.13

Tuberculosis

0.40 (0.16–0.97)

0.03

2.48 (0.91–6.70)

0.07

ART status

0.63 (0.32–1.26)

0.19

1.28 (0.60–2.76)

0.52

  1. OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval