Chest radiographic score and lactate dehydrogenase are independent risk factors linked to mortality in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) patients

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Multivariate cox regression analysis to see association of mortality in 57 MERS-Cov patients

Variable	Adjusted HR ratios	95% CI	p-value
Age in years	0.99	0.95–1.03	0.6
Ventilation days	0.84	0.76–0.93	0.001
Chest radiographic score	1.24	1.05–1.47	0.01
Diabetes mellitus	1.01	0.24–4.24	0.99
LN (LDH)	9.91	2.44–40.30	0.001
Gender: Male	0.58	0.13–2.66	0.49