The Prognostic Value of Serum Uric Acid in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analyses in the overall sample.

Factor	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR (95% CI)		HR (95% CI)
Sex	1.586 (0.666, 3.774)	0.297
Age	1.164 (1.051, 1.290)	0.004	1.031 (0.941, 1.130)	0.517
Hypertension	1.199 (0.500, 2.874)	0.685
Diabetes	2.928 (1.228, 6.985)	0.015	3.182 (1.217, 8.323)	0.018
Heart failure	2.399 (0.956, 6.018)	0.062
Atrial fibrillation	3.700 (1.410, 9.707)	0.008	1.407 (0.455, 4.355)	0.554
Dyslipidemia	1.359 (0.523, 3.527)	0.529
Cancer	1.104 (0.145, 8.398)	0.924
COPD	2.430 (0.977, 6.040)	0.056
Hospital-acquired infections	1.845 (0.700, 4.862)	0.215
NIHSS	1.394 (1.208, 1.608)	≤0.001	1.349 (1.159, 1.571)	≤0.001
SUA ( μmol/L)	3.871 (1.608, 9.320)	0.003	6.589 (2.210, 19.645)	0.001

Abbreviations: HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SUA: serum uric acid.