Table 8 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of bacterial infection and age (predictors) and severity (outcome) upon admission of hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia with documented infection by only one pathogen
Predictors | Severity by the World Health Organization 2000 criteria | unadjOR (95 % CI) | p | adjustOR (95 % CI) | p | |
Non-severe (n = 24) | Severe or very severe (n = 67) | |||||
Bacterial infectiona | 3 (12.5) | 22 (32.8) | 3.4 (0.9–12.7) | 0.07 | 4.4 (1.1–17.6) | 0.04 |
Age (months)b | 19 (12–35) | 17 (7–26) | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) | 0.3 | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | 0.1 |
Severity by the World Health Organization 2013 criteria | ||||||
Non-severe (n = 82) | Severe (n = 9) | |||||
Bacterial infectiona | 20 (24.4) | 5 (55.6) | 3.9 (0.9–15.8) | 0.06 | 3.8 (0.9–16.0) | 0.07 |
Age (months)b | 18 (10–26) | 19 (14–31) | 1.2 (0.7–2.1) | 0.5 | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) | 0.9 |