Quantitative assessment of the association between erector spinae muscle and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the baseline characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality of the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

	Model 1 (BMI)			Model 2 (PS)			Model 3 (Hb)			Model 4 (Alb)			Model 5 (ESM_CSA/BSA)
	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95%CI	P	HR	95%CI	P
Age	1.037	0.996–1.080	0.081	1.013	0.972–1.057	0.539	1.034	0.991–1.079	0.126	1.033	0.985–1.084	0.180	1.019	0.974–1.066	0.408
Heart failure	1.541	0.904–2.628	0.112	1.392	0.819–2.369	0.222	1.523	0.897–2.584	0.119	1.714	0.968–3.035	0.065	1.536	0.906–2.606	0.111
Respiratory failure	2.452	1.386–4.337	0.002	1.883	1.040–3.409	0.037	2.339	1.322–4.139	0.004	1.312	0.705–2.441	0.391	2.407	1.358–4.266	0.003
CKD	4.289	2.339–7.865	< 0.001	3.573	1.936–6.592	< 0.001	4.013	2.170–7.422	< 0.001	4.840	2.522–9.286	< 0.001	4.301	2.333–7.929	< 0.001
CRP	1.045	1.012–1.079	0.007	1.032	1.001–1.063	0.046	1.028	0.996–1.061	0.082	1.003	0.964–1.043	0.879	1.036	1.005–1.067	0.022
AST	1.006	1.003–1.010	< 0.001	1.006	1.002–1.009	0.001	1.007	1.004–1.010	< 0.001	1.004	1.000–1.007	0.050	1.006	1.002–1.009	0.001
BMI	0.964	0.889–1.044	0.366
PS				1.712	1.177–2.490	0.005
Hb							0.763	0.660–0.882	< 0.001
ALB										0.233	0.129–0.421	< 0.001
ESM_CSA/BSA													0.999	0.999–1.000	0.127

BMI: body mass index; PS: performance status; Alb: albumin; ESM_CSA: the cross-sectional area of erector spinae muscles; BSA: body surface area; CKD: chronic kidney disease

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