Predictor of mortality and severity of pneumonia.
When the predictive power of host risk factors determined for mortality was evaluated with univariate analysis, it was found that patients over 65 years of age had a 21.1 times higher mortality risk (OR = 21.1 95% CI 4.89-91.5; p<0,001). Likewise, the mortality risk of male patients was higher than female patients (Table 2). Ex-smoker and/or smoker patients had a 4.07 times higher mortality than nonsmoker patients (OR = 4.07; 95% CI 2,128-7,796; p<0,001). And the mortality risk of patients with multıple additional diseases was 4.9 times higher than those with no additional diseases (OR = 4.07; 95% CI 2,128-7,796; p<0,001) (Table 2).