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Table 2 Body temperature of ICU admission and 28-day mortality (adapted from[49])

From: Body temperature abnormalities in non-neurological critically ill patients: a review of the literature

Range of body temperature (°C)

28-day mortality (%)

Unadjusted odds ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

≤35.5

40.4

3.096

1.611–5.947

0.001

35.6–36.5

34.4

2.032

1.009–4.088

0.047

36.6–37.5

20.5

1

Reference

 

37.6–38.5

18.1

0.853

0.461–1.577

0.621

38.6–39.5

15.8

0.726

0.377–1.395

0.404

≥39.6

17.2

0.803

0.363–1.778

0.693