In patients with severe community-acquired pneumoniathe total cholesterol level appeared to be lower than those in patients with non severe community-acquired pneumonia, the percent of hypocholesterolemia was higher in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia. The total cholesterol level on admission showed significant negative correlations among the independent variables, including severity of community-acquired pneumonia, CURB-65 score, CRP, ESR and length of stay. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the total cholesterol level is the independent factor associated with the severe community-acquired pneumonia. ROC-analysis (receiver operating characteristic) was carried out to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the total cholesterol level in predicting severe community-acquired pneumonia. It was not revealed significant difference in the sensitivity and specificity between total cholesterol level (cut-off < 3,9 mmol/L) and CURB-65 score (html5-dom-document-internal-entity2-8805-end3 points) in predicting severe community-acquired pneumonia. The total cholesterol level appeared to be a reliable predictor of community-acquired pneumoniaseverity with a cut-off point of 3.9 mmol/L.
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