The association between pre-hospital antibiotic therapy and subsequent in-hospital mortality in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia: an observational study

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of variables associated with in-hospital mortality

Variable	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Significance
Age	1.04	(1.03, 1.04)	P < 0.001
Male Gender	1.17	(1.01, 1.37)	P = 0.04
Pre-treatment with antibiotics	1.43	(1.19, 1.71)	P = 0.001
History of Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)	1.55	(1.17, 2.05)	P = 0.002
History of Congestive Cardiac Failure (CCF)	2.28	(1.91, 2.71)	P < 0.001
History of Dementia	1.42	(1.15, 1.74)	P = 0.001
History of Renal Disease	1.27	(1.06, 1.54)	P = 0.01
History of Cancer	1.73	(1.41–1.72)	P < 0.001

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