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Table 3 Association of eosinophil count, neutrophil count and C-reactive protein (CRP) between Day 2 and Day 4 with in-hospital mortality within 30 days of diagnosis of infection

From: Persistent eosinopenia is associated with in-hospital mortality among older patients: unexpected prognostic value of a revisited biomarker

Variable

Deceased at day 30, n (%)

Crude HR

(95%CI%)

Adjusted HR*

(95%CI)

P-value

Eosinophil count < 100/mm3

 No

8 (7.0)

1

1

 

 Yes

28 (34.2)

5.00 (2.28 to 11.0)

8.90 (3.46 to 22.9)

< 0.001

Neutrophil count > 7000/mm3

 No

8 (8.00)

1

1

 

 Yes

28 (28.9)

3.48 (1.58 to 7.64)

4.34 (1.81 to 10.4)

0.001

CRP > 100 mg/L

 No

9 (9.8)

1

1

 

 Yes

25 (26.6)

2.33 (1.08 to 5.03)

1.65 (0.74 to 3.68)

0.222

  1. Multivariate Cox model adjusted for sex, age, Charlson comorbidity index, undernutrition, type of infection and glomerular filtration rate