Research Article

Prognostic Value of Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 3

Cox proportional hazard regression analysis of the effects of multiple variables on 30-day survival of patients with CAP.

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Age1.040 (1.000–1.082)0.048
Bilateral lung infection4.387 (0.557–34.567)0.160
PCT (μg/L)1.033 (1.001–1.066)0.046
IL-6 (pg/mL)1.000 (1.000–1.000)0.0011.001 (1.000–1.001)0.001
CURB-651.864 (1.198–2.900)0.006
PSI1.029 (1.011–1.047)0.002
APACHE II1.397 (1.204–1.622)< 0.0012.020 (1.338–3.048)0.001
HRG (μg/mL)0.949 (0.900–0.999)0.0470.889 (0.791–0.999)0.049

Abbreviations: APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; CI: confidence interval; CURB-65: confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and old; HR: hazard ratio; HRG: histidine-rich glycoprotein; IL-6: interleukin-6; PCT: procalcitonin; PSI: pneumonia severity index.