Research Article

Mortality Predictive Value of APACHE II and SOFA Scores in COVID-19 Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 2

Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals of APACHE II and mean SOFA scores and comorbidities of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 at intensive care unit.

VariableCrude OR valueAdjusted OR value

APACHE II score1.17 (1.1–1.2)≤0.0011.21 (1.13–1.30)≤0.001
APACHE II group
 <13ReferenceReference
 ≥139.6 (4.9–18.9)≤0.00110.7 (5.0–22.9)≤0.001
Mean SOFA score2.7 (2.07–3.61)≤0.0012.83 (2.09–3.83)≤0.001
Mean SOFA group
 <5ReferenceReference
 ≥533.7 (15.2–74.6)≤0.00132.4 (14.4–72.9)≤0.001
Comorbidities
 NoReferenceReference
 Any2.7 (1.4–5.3)0.0042.1 (0.78–5.66)0.14
 Kidney diseases4.23 (0.90–19.82)0.0677.12 (1.36–37.4)0.020
 Cardiovascular0.87 (0.47–1.61)0.660.71 (0.33–1.52)0.384
 Respiratory4.73 (1.33–16.80)0.0168.56 (1.98–37.04)0.004
 Malignancy2.52 (1.02–6.27)0.044.35 (1.51–12.57)0.007
 Diabetes mellitus1.07 (0.61–1.89)0.801.61 (0.83–3.150.15
 Hypertension0.59 (0.34–1.05)0.0720.59 (0.29–1.25)0.16

OR: odds ratio, APACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, and SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment.