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Table 2 Associations of epidemiological factors to prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in middle ear fluid in children with AOM - univariate and multivariate analysis

From: Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in children with acute otitis media– high risk of persistent colonization after treatment

Characteristics

Univariate analysis

Multivariate model

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Age (yr)

0.8 (0.61–1.06)

0.13

  

Male sex

1.6 (0.86–3.03)

0.14

  

Sibling possessing

0.96 (0.53–1.72)

0.88

  

DCC/school attendance

0.93 (0.50–1.73)

0.83

  

Bilaterality

1.38 (0.76–2.52)

0.29

  

Category of AOM:TF/R

1.28 (0.67–2.42)

0.46

0.05 (0.01–0.17)

0.062

CRP (mg/L)

1.05 (0.97–1.14)

0.23

1.12 (1.01–1.25)

0.039*

WBC (G/L)

1.21 (1.07–1.36)

0.002*

1.22 (1.05–1.42)

0.009*

Ongoing antibiotic therapy at the admission to hospital

0.54 (0.24–1.21)

0.14

0.07 (0.006–0.87)

0.038*

Antipneumococcal vaccination

0.42 (0.14–1.2)

0.10

0.059 (0.002–1.57)

0.091

  1. *Statistic significance; R recurrent AOM, TF treatment failure AOM, N new case AOM, DCC day care center, CRP C-reactive protein, WBC white blood cells