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Table 3 Odds comparison of peritonitis resolution by logistic regression analysis (Model 1).

From: The role of virulence factors in the outcome of staphylococcal peritonitis in CAPD patients

Factor

Log (Odds)

p

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

Age (birth to 20 years/>60 years)

-0.0510

0.96

 

Age (21 to 40 years/>60 years)

1.7097

0.09

 

Age (41 to 59 years/>60 years)

0.7511

0.84

 

Gender (male/female)

1.2523

0.19

 

Race (Caucasian/non-Caucasian)

-0.0818

0.92

 

Diabetes mellitus (no/yes)

-0.6709

0.12

 

System (standard/double bag)

1.2585

0.22

 

Treatment time on CAPD

   

   <1 year

0.2074

0.89

 

   >1 year

0.9547

0.21

 

Treatment with vancomycin

   

   Oxacillin susceptible/oxacillin resistant

-0.1070

0.89

 

No treatment with vancomycin

   

   Oxacillin susceptible/oxacillin resistant

1.9440

0.01

137 (3.0; 6,202.4)

Etiological agent

   

   S. epidermidis/S. aureus

2.2548

0.02

9.5 (1.3; 69.6)

   Other CoNS/S. epidermidis

-1.6113

0.08

 

Slime production (no/yes)

4.2139

0.001

68 (5.0; 914.8)

  1. CoNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; CI: 95% Confidence Interval for the true Odds Ratio.