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

Table 6: Multivariate logistic regression analysis for readmission in COPD patients with 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)	0.776	0.192	4.048	0.001**	0.010	0.395	1.158
Total Lecukocyte count(x12/L)	0.672	0.124	5.420	0.001**	0.020	0.426	0.919
Hemoglobin(g/dl)	0.067	0.313	0.214	0.831	0.013	-0.554	0.688
CRP(mg/L)	0.544	0.086	6.333	0.001**	0.010	0.373	0.714
ICU admission	1.426	0.453	9.889	0.002*	4.162	1.711	10.123
mechanical ventilation	1.405	0.691	4.136	0.042*	4.074	1.052	15.773

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).