This data is hospital discharge data from the state of Maryland. These data are being used to predict mortality for patients over 17 years of age with septicemia. The sample size is 105 patients. A binary logistic regression model was fit to the data with Mortality as the dependent variable with predictor variables of age (Age), sex (sex), number of diagnoses (NDX), and number of procedures (NPR). The dependent variable is coded as 0 = did not die and 1 = died. The independent variables are all continuous with the exception of sex which is dichotomous. The data analysis output for this study is presented in a publication type table below. (10 points)

Variables that may predict mortality

	B	SE (B)	Wald	Odds Ratio (OR)	P-value	95% CI for OR
Lower	Upper
Constant	-8.797	2.927	9.032	0.00	0.003
Age	0.079	0.034	5.328	1.08	-	1.01	1.16
Sex	-0.554	0.639	.751	0.58	0.386	0.16	2.01
NDX: # of dx NPR	0.207 -0.071	0.104 0.226	3.922 .097	1.23 0.93	0.048 0.755	1.00 0.60	1.51 1.45
	N =105; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.256 Hosmer-Lemeshow Chi-square test = 7.118, df= 8, P-value= .524

Which variable is the most significant predictor in the model?