Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002
Research
Legionnaires’ Disease at a Dutch Flower Show: Prognostic Factors and Impact of Therapy
Table 2
Prognostic factora | Odds ratio (95% CI)b (n=141) | p value |
---|---|---|
Smoking | 2.5 (1.1 to 5.6) | 0.03 |
Dyspnea at presentation | 2.1 (0.9 to 4.8) | 0.09 |
Temperature >38.5°C | 2.9 (1.0 to 8.6) | 0.05 |
Plasma creatinine >100 µmol/L | 2.0 (0.9 to 4.6) | 0.11 |
Bilateral infiltrates | 4.2 (1.7 to 10.3) | 0.002 |
Pleural effusion | 3.4 (0.99 to 11.6) | 0.053 |
aPrognostic factors with p≤ 0.05 in the univariate analysis were entered. Factors with p value >0.2 in the multivariate analysis were excluded.
bCI, confidence interval.
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