Risk factors for lethal outcome in patients with delirium tremens - psychiatrist's perspective: a nested case-control study

Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios of the risk factors for mortality in DT

Variables	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p	Crude OR (95% CI)	p
Age	1.49 (0.88, 2.54)	0.141	1.00 (0.94, 1.07)	0.939
Hospitalization	0.014 (0.00, 1.98)	0.091	1.35 (0.63, 2.82)	0.001
Marital status	3.40 (0.12, 99.96)	0.479	1.88 (0.49, 7.15)	0.357
Education	>100.00 (0.04, >1,000.00)	0.193	1.78 (0.49, 6.50)	0.384
Duration of consumption	0.63 (0.35, 1.12)	0.116	0.99 (0.94, 1.05)	0.839
Potassium in serum	40.52 (1.20, >1,000.00)^a	0.039*	5.78 (1.75, 19.12)^a	0.004*
AST/ALT ratio	17.25 (0.30, >100.00)	0.168	1.26 (0.68, 2.33)	0.466
CPK in serum	1.00 (1.00, 1.00)	0.570	1.00 (1.00, 1.00)	0.365
Epileptic status	88.63 (0.27, >1,000.00)	0.128	1.00 (0.21, 4.78)	1.000
Liver lesions	0.00 (0.00, 20.07)	0.172	0.72 (0.18, 2.90)	0.644
Transfer to another department	0.01 (0.00, >1,000.00)	0.397	0.46 (0.05, 4.57)	0.509
According to year of admission	7.66 (0.52, 113.24)	0.139	1.28 (0.91, 1.80)	0.152

*p < 0.05 (significant difference); ^aClinical significance (OR > 3); AST/ALT, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

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