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Table 4 Effect of delirium status upon time to death with follow-up to 30 days. The presence of delirium was associated with a greater risk of an earlier death; no other variables were significant in time to death analysis

From: Delirium is prevalent in older hospital inpatients and associated with adverse outcomes: results of a prospective multi-centre study on World Delirium Awareness Day

 

Coefficient

SE

Wald

Freedom

p

HR

95% confidence interval for OR

Lower

Upper

Delirium (unadjusted)

0.58

0.23

6.25

1

0.012

1.78

1.13

2.81

Delirium (adjusted)†

0.48

0.24

3.90

1

0.048

1.62

1.00

2.61

  1. †Adjusted for age, gender, CFS, dementia status, and specialty