The importance of uric acid levels in geriatric patients with respiratory failure under noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the respiratory intensive care unit

Table 5 Regression analysis of parameters correlated with Non-invasive mechanical ventilation requirement

Parameters	Estimated Coefficient	Standard Error	Wald	p-value	Odds Ratio	95% C.I. for Odds Ratio
Parameters	Estimated Coefficient	Standard Error	Wald	p-value	Odds Ratio	Lower	Upper
Uric Acid	0.120	0.055	4.761	0.029	1.127	1.012	1.255
COPD	0.720	0.264	7.457	0.006	2.055	1.225	3.447
Pneumonia	-1.013	0.308	10.850	0.001	0.363	0.199	0.663
ILD	-0.313	0.524	0.357	0.550	0.731	0.262	2.042
PE	-1.249	0.627	3.972	0.046	0.287	0.084	0.980
Sodium	0.013	0.041	0.092	0.762	1.013	0.934	1.098
Potassium	0.000	0.211	0.000	0.999	1.000	0.661	1.513
Calcium	-0.018	0.240	0.006	0.939	0.982	0.614	1.571
Chloride	-0.051	0.034	2.295	0.130	0.950	0.889	1.015
Albumin	-0.022	0.030	0.554	0.457	0.978	0.922	1.037
pH	-7.242	4.107	3.109	0.078	0.001	0.000	2.244
PCO₂	0.113	0.034	11.360	0.001	1.120	1.049	1.196
HCO₃	0.036	0.052	0.485	0.486	1.037	0.936	1.149

C.I.: Confidence Interval; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; ILD: Interstitial Lung Disease; PE: Pulmonary Thromboembolism; PCO₂: Partial carbon dioxide; HCO₃: Bicarbonate

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