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Table 2 Analysis of factors associated with mortality at 6 months

From: The efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure: a prospective multi-center clinical trial

Factors

Univariate

Multivariate

HR(95%CI)

P value

HR(95%CI)

P value

Methylprednisolone

0.584 (0.349–0.976)

0.040

0.547 (0.308–0.973)

0.040

 Centers a

–

0.683

  

 Cirrhosis

1.114 (0.566–2.194)

0.755

  

 Antiviral treatment a

–

0.410

  

 Male

0.594 (0.293–1.205)

0.149

  

 Age (years)

1.024 (1.004–1.045)

0.019

1.012 (0.987–1.037)

0.359

 Time from onset to admission (days)

1.008 (0.993–1.024)

0.304

  

 MELD score

1.123 (1.072–1.176)

0.000

  

 lg HBV DNA (IU/ml)

0.973 (0.851–1.112)

0.686

  

 HBV DNA positive

0.617 (0.313–1.218)

0.164

  

 HBeAg positive

0.726 (0.439–1.201)

0.213

  

 HBsAg

1.000 (1.000–1.000)

0.248

  

 ALT(U/L)

0.999 (0.999–1.000)

0.092

  

 AST(U/L)

1.000 (0.999–1.001)

0.859

  

Bilirubin (μmol/L)

1.004 (1.002–1.005)

0.000

1.003 (1.001–1.005)

0.004

 Albumin(g/L)

0.985 (0.924–1.050)

0.648

  

 Cholinesterase (IU/L)

1.000 (1.000–1.000)

0.893

  

 AFP (ng/ml)

0.999 (0.997–1.001)

0.228

  

Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

1.149 (1.049–1.260)

0.003

1.195 (1.018–1.402)

0.029

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

1.006 (1.001–1.011)

0.020

0.995 (0.984–1.005)

0.318

 NH3(μg/dl)

1.002 (0.997–1.008)

0.413

  

 Triglyceride (mmol/L)

0.628 (0.401–0.986)

0.043

0.905 (0.524–1.561)

0.719

 Cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.835 (0.585–1.190)

0.319

  

 White blood cell(× 109/L)

1.057 (0.986–1.133)

0.115

  

 Lymphocyte percentage

0.934 (0.903–0.966)

0.000

0.950 (0.883–1.023)

0.175

Monocyte percentage

1.103 (1.023–1.190)

0.011

1.149 (1.011–1.307)

0.034

 Lymphocyte to monocyte ratio

0.497 (0.366–0.674)

0.000

0.838 (0.468–1.502)

0.553

 Neutrophil percentage

1.037 (1.012–1.062)

0.003

  

 Procalcitonin (μg/L)

0.993 (0.871–1.132)

0.913

  

PTA (%)

0.942 (0.914–0.970)

0.000

0.931 (0.870–0.996)

0.038

 INR

2.272 (1.482–3.493)

0.000

0.918 (0.320–2.629)

0.873

 Red blood cell(× 1012/L)

0.959 (0.711–1.293)

0.782

  

 Hemoglobin(g/L)

0.998 (0.986–1.009)

0.702

  

 Platelet(× 109/L)

0.996 (0.991–1.002)

0.163

  

 Ascites

2.021 (1.154–3.539)

0.014

0.879 (0.467–1.656)

0.690

 Infections

1.381 (0.826–2.308)

0.218

  

 Electrolyte disturbance

0.599 (0.217–1.651)

0.322

  

 HE

2.161 (1.148–4.066)

0.017

1.270 (0.629–2.564)

0.505

 Hypoalbuminemia

1.010 (0.537–1.900)

0.975

  

 HRS

4.296 (1.544–11.954)

0.005

1.013 (0.216–4.753)

0.987

  1. aRisk estimate statistics cannot be computed. They are only computed for two groups of data