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Table 2 Multivariate analyses of the predictors of survival status (n = 68)

From: To hydrate or not to hydrate? The effect of hydration on survival, symptoms and quality of dying among terminally ill cancer patients

Covariates

Β

Standard

Error

z-score

Hazard

Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p-value

Institution_NTUH

0.344

0.336

1.054

1.411

0.731-2.724

0.305

Age

− 0.025

0.014

3.211

0.976

0.950-1.002

0.073

ECOG: 3-4 vs 1-2

2.045

1.044

3.838

7.732

0.999-59.839

0.050

Education: 7 ~ 12 vs 6

−0.455

0.381

1.424

0.634

0.300-1.340

0.233

Education: > 12 vs 6

−0.830

0.482

2.968

0.436

0.170-1.121

0.085

Religion: Buddhism vs Nullifidian

−0.314

0.486

0.417

0.731

0.282-1.893

0.518

Religion: Christian/Catholicism vs Nullifidian

−0.378

0.576

0.431

0.685

0.222-2.118

0.512

Religion: Taoism/Taiwanese folk religion vs Nullifidian

0.208

0.477

0.189

1.231

0.483-3.135

0.664

Religion: Unknown vs Nullifidian

2.287

0.986

5.383

9.844

1.426-67.948

0.020

Oral intake: Less than a mouthful vs Reduced but more than a mouthful

0.245

0.325

0.566

1.277

0.675-2.416

0.452

Hydration: 400 vs < 400

0.353

0.368

0.923

1.424

0.692-2.928

0.337

Fatigue admission

0.544

0.242

5.049

1.722

1.072-2.767

0.025

Drowsiness admission

−0.071

0.178

0.161

0.931

0.657-1.319

0.688

Dry admission

−0.083

0.179

0.214

0.921

0.649-1.307

0.643

Myoclonus admission

−0.200

0.373

0.287

0.819

0.394-1.701

0.592

Delirium admission

0.117

0.206

0.322

1.124

0.750-1.684

0.570

Dyspnoea admission

0.316

0.184

2.952

1.371

0.957-1.965

0.086

Oedema admission

0.384

0.162

5.602

1.469

1.068-2.019

0.018

  1. NTUH National Taiwan University Hospital, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, GI Gastro-intestinal