Table 2 HRs for 28-day hospital mortality with three levels of body temperature.

From: Association between hypothermia and hyperthermia and 28-day mortality in pediatric intensive care unit patients: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Temperature

(n = 7,350)

Hypothermia

(n = 2654)

Normothermia

(n = 3897)

Hyperthermia

(n = 799)

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

 

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Model I

0.88 (0.78–0.98)

0.025

1.59 (1.21–2.09)

0.001

Reference

–

2.32 (1.64–3.3)

 < 0.001

Model II

0.88 (0.78–0.99)

0.027

1.58 (1.2–2.07)

0.001

Reference

–

2.42 (1.69–3.46)

 < 0.001

Model III

0.86 (0.77–0.97)

0.012

1.58 (1.2–2.09)

0.001

Reference

–

2.28 (1.58–3.28)

 < 0.001

Model IV

0.91 (0.81–1.01)

0.073

1.43 (1.08–1.9)

0.012

Reference

–

1.48 (1.004–2.1)

0.048

  1. Model I: had no adjusted covariates.
  2. Model II: adjusted for gender, age.
  3. Model III: adjusted for model II plus CPR, Pneumonia, sepsis, CHD, and Neurologic disease, Digestive disease, Cardiovascular-disease.
  4. Model IV: adjusted for Model III plus white blood cell count, neutrophil count, hemoglobin, platelet count, red blood cell distribution width, C-reactive protein, total protein, total cholesterol, lactate dehydrogenase, glucose, lactate, PH, partial pressure of carbon dioxide, potassium, calcium.
  5. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.
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