Table 3 Relationship between important clinical variables and an adverse event in patients with febrile neutropenia
From: Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia
Variables | Risk of mortality/ICU admission (odd ratio) | 95% confidence interval | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Bacteremia | 10 | 1.3-71.5 | 0.03 |
Leukemia | 9.2 | 1.4-60.2 | 0.02 |
Hematological malignancies | 5.5 | 0.5-51.2 | 0.13 |
Age >65 yrs | 3.5 | 0.55-22.6 | 0.18 |
Known source | 2.5 | 0.39-15.9 | 0.33 |
Male gender | 2.5 | 0.36-14.0 | 0.38 |
MASCC high risk | 1.2 | 0.19-7.8 | 0.82 |
Time-to-antibiotic | 0.79 | 0.47-1.33 | 0.38 |