Table 3 Analyzes (crude and adjusted) of the associations between death and the other variables.

From: Contribution of dental treatment to reducing mortality in the ICUs: a 6-year retrospective analysis

Variable

Category

n(%)

Death-No

Death-Yes

bOR crude (cCI95%)

p-value

$OR adjusted (cCI 95%)

p-value

Individual level

 VAP

No

186 (87.7%)

104 (55.9%)

82 (44.1%)

Ref

   
 

Yes

26 (12.3%)

12 (46.2%)

14 (53.8%)

1.48 (0.65–3.37)

0.3511

  

 Sex

Female

89 (42.0%)

44 (49.4%)

45 (50.6%)

1.44 (0.83–2.50)

0.1897

  
 

Male

123 (58.0%)

72 (58.5%)

51 (41.5%)

Ref

–

  

 Age

≤ 52 anos

107 (50.5%)

68 (63.6%)

39 (36.4%)

Ref

–

Ref

–

 

> 52 anos

105 (49.5%)

48 (45.7%)

57 (54.3%)

2.07 (1.19–3.59)

0.0095

2.63 (1.41–4.91)

0.0024

 Exodontics

No

194 (91.5%)

101 (52.1%)

93 (47.9%)

4.60 (1.29–16.41)

0.0186

  
 

Yes

18 (8.5%)

15 (83.3%)

3 (16.7%)

Ref

–

  

 Outher

No

188 (88.7%)

98 (52.1%)

90 (47.9%)

2.76 (1.05–7.25)

0.0400

  

 Proceduresd

Yes

24 (11.3%)

18 (75.0%)

6 (25.0%)

Ref

–

  

 Long of

≤ 14.5 days

106 (50.0%)

44 (41.5%)

62 (58.5%)

2.98 (1.70–5.23)

0.0001

  

 Stay

> 14.5 days

106 (50.0%)

72 (67.9%)

34 (32.1%)

Ref

–

  

 Duration of

≤ 10 days

118 (55.7%)

65 (55.1%)

53 (44.9%)

Ref

–

  

 MV

> 10 days

94 (44.3%)

51 (54.3%)

43 (45.7%)

1.03 (0.60–1.78)

0.9041

  

Number of

≤ 3 appointments

112 (52.8%)

45 (40.2%)

67 (59.8%)

3.65 (2.05–6.47)

< 0.0001

4.24 (2.13–8.41)

< 0.0001

 Interventionse

> 3 appointments

100 (47.2%)

71 (71.0%)

29 (29.0%)

Ref

–

Ref

–

 Interval between

≤ 3.5 days

110 (51.9%)

62 (56.4%)

48 (43.6%)

Ref

–

  

 Interventionsf

> 3.5 days

102 (48.1%)

54 (52.9%)

48 (47.1%)

1.15 (0.67–1.97)

0.6170

  

Contextual level

 Year

2012

32 (15.1%)

12 (37.5%)

20 (62.5%)

13.30 (1.58–112.25)

0.0174

3.83 (1.20–12.27)

0.0236

2013

31 (14.6%)

16 (51.6%)

15 (48.4%)

9.92 (1.14–85.94)

0.0373

1.88 (0.60–5.85)

0.2776

2014

39 (18.4%)

20 (51.3%)

19 (48.7%)

6.18 (0.71–54.17)

0.1000

4.11 (1.36–12.40)

0.0123

2015

28 (13.2%)

14 (50.0%)

14 (50.0%)

2.62 (0.22–30.43)

0.4426

3.62 (1.12–11.64)

0.0311

2016

47 (22.2%)

27 (57.4%)

20 (42.6%)

0.74 (0.04–12.24)

0.8328

2.71 (0.92–7.98)

0.0697

  1. aReference category for the outcome variable. bOdds ratio. cConfidence interval. dOther dental procedures include treatment of oral infections, suture removal, adjustments to removable dentures, sealing of cavities, treatment of hemorrhages, supragingival and subgingival scaling, bruxism control, and treatment of salivary dysfunction. eDental Interventions. fLength of stay divided by the number of dental appointments.
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