Statistical Analysıs:
All statistical analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS software (IBM
SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 24.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.)
Continuous variables were presented as median and interquartile range,
whereas categorical variables as count and percentages. The
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to evaluate the distribution of
continuous variables. Continuous variables were compared with Student’s
t-test or Mann-Whitney U test according to the distribution of the data.
Categorical variables were compared with chi-square or Fisher’s exact
tests whenever appropriate. Univariate and multivariate logistic
regression analyses were conducted to assess the association in the
hospital mortality. In stepwise multivariate regression analysis
(Backward, Wald), the effect size was adjusted for all variables with a
univariate significance level of <0.05. Adjusted odds ratios
(OR), along with their 95% CIs were presented. A 2-tailed p-value of
<0.05 was considered statistically significant.