Treatment outcome and its predictors among patients of acute heart failure at a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study

Table 9 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of acute heart failure patients admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia between May 15 to September 12, 2017 (n = 169)

Variables	Univariate		P value	Multivariate		P value
Variables	OR	95% CI	P value	AOR	95% CI	P value
Socio-demographic
Age ^b	1.0	0.98, 1.00	0.89
Alcohol intake ^a	1.9	0.55, 6.40	0.30
Salt intake ^a	0.7	0.23, 1.80	0.40
Smoking ^a	4.3	1.10, 17.20	0.038	8.72	1.84, 41.30	0.006
Diseases
Atrial fibrillation ^a	1.6	0.67, 3.70	0.30
Cancer ^a	10.3	0.9, 117.6	0.06
Chronic kidney disease ^a	1.4	0.40, 4.70	0.56
Chronic rheumatic heart disease ^a	1.9	0.86, 4.40	0.11
Diabetes mellitus ^a	5.4	1.30, 23.20	0.022	10.18	2.04, 50.85	0.005
Hypertension ^a	1.4	0.40, 5.20	0.67
Hypertensive heart disease ^a	2.2	0.70, 6.90	0.17
Pneumonia ^a	1.3	0.60, 3.00	0.48
Pulmonary hypertension ^a	4.1	1.40, 12.00	0.009	4.33	1.31, 14.25	0.016
Other
Adverse drug events ^a	3.0	1.30, 6.90	0.009	4.23	1.62, 11.02	0.003
Echocardiography finding*	3.2	0.66, 15.50	0.15
Framingham major criteria**	2.7	1.00, 6.90	0.047	2.89	0.98, 8.50	0.054

Key: AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
NB: (*) coded 1 = one major criteria, 2 = two or more major criteria, (**) coded 1 = one finding, 2 = more than one finding; (a) coded 0 = no, 1 = yes; (b) for 1 unit increase; serum Na coded 1 > 135, 2 < 135; systolic blood pressure = coded 1 ≥ 115, 2 < 115; serum creatinine coded 1 ≤ 1.2 and 2 > 1.2

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