Table 3.
Factors Predicting Infection
Univariate model | Multivariate model | |||||||
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P value | HR | 95% CI for HR | P value | HR | 95% CI for HR | |||
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
>65 years age | 0.012 | 3.532 | 1.315 | 9.487 | 0.049 | 3.378 | 1.004 | 11.369 |
Renopulmonary involvement | 0.005 | 2.439 | 1.301 | 4.574 | 0.002 | 4.954 | 1.804 | 13.605 |
ANCA positivity | 0.034 | 2.586 | 1.076 | 6.208 | 0.722 | 0.788 | 0.213 | 2.918 |
CRP (per 1 mg/L increase)) | 0.003 | 1.006 | 1.002 | 1.010 | 0.043 | 1.006 | 1.000 | 1.011 |
Cumulative glucocorticoid dose | 0.023 | 0.972 | 0.949 | 0.996 | 0.767 | 1.007 | 0.961 | 1.055 |
History of plasmapheresis | 0.050 | 2.204 | 1.001 | 4.853 | 0.454 | 1.623 | 0.456 | 5.776 |
(abbreviations: CRP: C-reactive protein, ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)