The Impact of Community-acquired Pneumonia on Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients as Regards In-hospital Complications and Early Readmission

Table 5: Multivariate logistic regression analysis for readmission in COPD patients without CAP.

-	B	S.E.	Wald	Sig.	Odds ratio (OR)	95% C.I.for OR
-	B	S.E.	Wald	Sig.	Odds ratio (OR)	Lower	Upper
Length of hospital stay(days)	0.459	0.158	2.912	0.004*	0.016	0.146	0.772
Total Lecukocyte count(x12/L)	0.080	0.112	0.713	0.477	0.024	-0.142	0.302
Hemoglobin(g/dl)	0.577	0.300	1.921	0.058	0.011	-0.019	1.173
CRP(mg/L)	0.293	0.068	4.308	0.001*	0.009	0.158	0.428
ICU admission	0.239	0.701	0.116	0.733	0.788	0.199	3.109
mechanical ventilation	20.250	23.423	0.000	0.999	0.959	0.914	1.006

AECOPD: acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; n: number ;CRP: C-reactive protein ; ICU: intensive care unit. ;*: p < 0.05: Significant (S); **: p < 0.01: Highly significant (HS).