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Table 2 Univariate analysis for primary outcome

From: Early warning score: a dynamic marker of severity and prognosis in patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia and sepsis

Scale variables

Alive mean ± STD

Dead mean ± STD

95 % CI

p value

 Age

69 ± 17

75 ± 15

2 to 12

0.01

 Charlson’s co-morbidity index

4.8 ± 2.9

6.7 ± 2.5

0.8 to 2.5

0.0001

 Temperature at the time of BSI

38.3 ± 1

37.5 ± 1.4

−1.2 to −0.4

0.0001

 Mean arterial pressure at onset of GNBSI

83 ± 17

73 ± 16

−16 to −6

0.0001

 Oxygen saturation at onset of GNBSI

95.5 ± 3.4

93.9 ± 5.9

−2.8 to −0.3

0.015

 Glasgow coma scale

14.7 ± 0.7

13.7 ± 1.8

−1.5 to −0.5

0.0001

 Sequential Organ Failure (SOFA)

2.9 ± 2.3

5.8 ± 3.5

1.9 to 3.9

0.0001

 EWS at the onset of GNBSI

3.4 ± 2.2

5.6 ± 2.6

1.4 to 2.8

0.0001

 C-reactive protein

134 ± 104

190 ± 127

18 to 93

0.004

 Serum bicarbonate

23 ± 5

20 ± 5

−3.6 to −0.6

0.007

 Time interval-admission to GNBSI (days)

6.4 ± 14

10 ± 14

−0.7 to 7.8

0.1

 Time interval-collection to positivity (h)

1.6 ± 0.8

1.2 ± 0.6

−0.5 to −0.1

0.001

 Time to first antibiotic (h)

18.7 ± 22.8

10.7 ± 17

−13.8 to −2.3

0.006

 Time to appropriate antibiotic (h)

19.6 ± 24

14.6 ± 18

−12.8 to 2.4

0.186

 Time to source control (days)

1.9 ± 2.1

0.64 ± 0.8

−3.2 to 0.6

0.18

Categorical variable

Percentage

Percentage

 

p value

 Gender: female/male

79/76

21/24

 

0.5

 BSI onset: hospital/community

64/85

36/15

 

0.0001

 BSI onset: out of h/routine h

81/73

19/27

 

0.147

 Patient on oxygen/not on oxygen

57/89

43/11

 

0.009

 On vasopressor/not on vasopressor

46/79

54/21

 

0.009

 Polymicrobial BSI/monomicrobial BSI

55/80

45/20

 

0.007

 ESBL positive/ESBL negative

73/78

27/22

 

0.7

 Source of BSI: unknown/hepato-biliary

65/90

35/10

 

0.033