The impact of cathelicidin, the human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in urinary tract infections

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Linear regression analysis of associated factors, log of plasma and urine LL-37 levels

Variable	Log of plasma LL-37 (ng/ml)			Log of urine LL-37 ng/mg creatinine
Variable	Coefficient	SE	P	Coefficient	SE	P
Age	−0.002	0.001	0.113	0.000	0.002	0.986
Male gender	−0.093	0.040	0.022	−0.109	0.059	0.066
TWBCs	0.018	0.008	0.038	−0.012	0.013	0.358
Neutrophils	−0.001	0.006	0.893	−0.001	0.007	0.913
Lymphocytes	−0.001	0.006	0.812	−0.004	0.007	0.596
Basophiles	0.001	0.008	0.933	−0.007	0.010	0.513
Urinary tract infections	0.153	0.045	0.001	0.162	0.077	0.038
Plasma LL-37 ng/ml	–	–	–	0.238	0.019	< 0.001

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