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Table 3 Risk factors associated with death in population studied (univariate versus multivariate analysis)

From: Chronic illness needing palliative care in Kinshasa hospitals, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Variables

Crude OR (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p value

Chronic disease

 CVD

  Yes

1.2 (0.9–1.2)

0.052

NA

 

  No

1

   

Onco

 Yes

1.0 (0.8–1.1)

0.775

NA

 

 No

1

   

AIDS

 Yes

1.8 (1.5–2.3)

<0.001

2.2 (1.7–2.7)

<0.001

 No

1

 

1

 

Comorbidity

 Yes

1.3 (1.0–1.5)

0.015

NA

 

 No

1

   

Sex

 Male

1

   

 Female

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.470

NA

 

Age group (years)

 <40

1

 

1

 

 41–65

0.9 (0.8–1.2)

0.965

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

0.027

 >65

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

0.246

1.7 (1.3–2.3)

<0.001

  1. Hosmer-Lemeshow test = 0.36, p = 0.948
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Onco oncological diseases, NA none applicable