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Table 4 Multi-variable analysis of factors associated with radiologically-confirmed pneumonia during hospital course in bivariate analysis, adjusted for age and for the same factor upon admission, among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia diagnosed on clinical grounds

From: Differences upon admission and in hospital course of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia with or without radiologically-confirmed pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

 

Compared subgroup

Normal CXR

CXR without pneumonia

Without wheezers

Characteristics

OR (95 % CI)

P

OR (95 % CI)

P

OR (95 % CI)

P

Fever on D1a

2.18 (1.07-4.43)

0.031

1.75 (0.92-3.34)

0.091

2.00 (0.89-4.48)

0.094

Age

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.062

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.023

1.00 (0.99-1.00)

0.089

Report of fever upon admission

4.01 (1.54-10.42)

0.004

3.47 (1.35-8.94)

0.010

1.75 (0.58-5.23)

0.317

Chest indrawing on D1a

0.65 (0.31-1.37))

0.259

0.60 (0.29-1.22)

0.160

0.60 (0.20-1.77)

0.354

Age

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.033

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.024

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.072

Chest indrawing upon admission

0.67 (0.38-1.19)

0.174

0.74 (0.43-1.28)

0.281

0.67 (0.30-1.46)

0.311

Fever on D2a

2.66 (1.32-5.36)

0.006

2.16 (1.15-4.06)

0.016

2.24 (1.04-4.79)

0.039

Age

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.086

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.044

1.00 (0.99-1.00)

0.116

Report of fever upon admission

4.15 (1.61-10.67)

0.003

3.65 (1.44-9.23)

0.006

2.01 (0.69-5.83)

0.199

  1. Multi-variable analysis by logistic regression
  2. CXR indicates chest radiograph
  3. CXR without pneumonia includes normal CXR plus CXR with atelectasis or peribronchial thickening
  4. aD1 is the first day after aqueous penicillin G has been initiated (24 h of treatment), D2 is the second day after aqueous penicillin G has been initiated (48 h of treatment)