In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Multivariable analysis model comparing mortality risk in the sample.

Variables	OR (95% CI)	-value	aOR (95% CI)	-value
Sociodemographic characteristics
Median age	0.97 (0.96–0.98)	<0.001	0.99 (0.97–1.01	0.299
Male gender^a	0.67 (0.46–0.98)	0.047	1.70 (0.85–3.46)	0.137
Origin of patients
Maternity ward^b	7.22 (3.65–15.03)	<0.001	2.74 (0.48–17.26)	0.258
Reasons for transfer
Postoperative monitoring	2.04 (1.28–3.24)	0.003	1.42 (0.64–3.15)	0.386
Hemodynamic instability	0.49 (0.28–0.84)	0.012	0.67 (0.28–1.51)	0.344
Diagnosis
Cerebrovascular accident	0.43 (0.21–0.80)	0.011	0.62 (0.24–1.52)	0.314
Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia	21.72 (7.44–92.49)	<0.001	6.37 (0.75–139.15)	0.128
Clinical parameters^d
Median diastolic BP (mmHg)	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.003	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.123
Hypoxia	0.52 (0.32–0.83)	0.007	0.73 (0.37–1.40)	0.344
Median temperature	0.82 (0.70–0.95)	0.010	1.17 (0.91–1.49)	0.218
Deep coma (GCS ≤8)	0.36 (0.22–0.58)	<0.001	0.48 (0.23–0.96)	0.043
Hypernatremia	0.43 (0.21–0.84)	0.018	0.39 (0.17–0.84)	0.022

Note: OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval, aOR = Adjusted odds ratio. ^aReference category is female gender. ^bReference category is emergency ward admissions. Mean variance inflation factor (VIF): 1.26. Bold values represent variables with statistical significance p < 0.05.