Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Occult Pulmonary Infection in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of the occult pneumonia in the patients with T2DM.

Characteristics		SE	Wald value	OR value	95% CI	value
Age	0.69	0.32	4.67	1.98	1.07-3.69	0.03
Senile dementia	0.39	0.17	5.25	1.47	1.06-2.04	0.02
Hypothyroidism	0.41	0.20	4.53	1.51	1.03-2.21	0.03
Prolonged bed rest	0.24	0.09	6.64	1.27	1.06-1.52	0.01

SE: standard error; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.