Research Article
The Burden and In-Hospital Mortality of Stroke Admissions at a Tertiary Level Hospital in Namibia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 3
Univariate and multivariate analyses of the in-hospital mortality.
| | Characteristics | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | value | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | value |
| | SBP | 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) | 0.079 | — | | | HGT | 1.16 (1.03, 1.31) | 0.018 | — | | | Raised ICP | | | | | | Yes | 4.18 (2.57, 6.79) | <0.001 | 0.30 (0.16, 0.57) | <0.001 | | No | 1 | | | | | Hydrocephalus | | | | | | Yes | 2.13 (1.29, 3.51) | 0.003 | — | | | No | 1 | | | | | Haem transformation | | | | | | Yes | 2.43 (1.03, 5.77) | 0.043 | — | | | No | 1 | | | | | Asp pneumonia | | | | | | Yes | 3.25 (2.19, 4.81) | <0.001 | 2.79 (1.63, 4.76) | <0.001 | | No | 1 | | | | | AKI | | | | | | Yes | 1.50 (0.99, 2.26) | 0.055 | — | | | No | 1 | | | | | Sepsis | | | | | | Yes | 1.96 (1.20, 3.19) | 0.007 | — | | | No | 1 | | | |
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Abbreviations: SAH: subarachnoid haemorrhage; ICP: intracranial pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; Haem transformation: haemorrhagic transformation; AKI: acute kidney injury; Asp pneumonia: aspiration pneumonia.
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