Predictors of mortality in a Chinese medical ICU: a focus on ICU-acquired bloodstream infections.

BMC Infect Dis · 2026 · PMC12918638 · PMID 41593534

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0.0540

closest p · 1.1× alpha

0.0540

boldest claim

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at the margin of statistical significanceP = 0.054so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

showed a trendno p-value reported

Only patients aged ≥ 75 years showed a trend toward a significant association with mortality in the chi-square analysis across the three age groups, with a P value at the margin of statistical significance ( P = 0.054).

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