Table 3.
Logistic regression model with antibiotic use as outcome variable.
| Logistic regression model with antibiotic use as outcome variable | ||
|---|---|---|
| Explanatory variables | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
| Difficulty in breathing | 33.4 (4.2–263.4) | 0.001 |
| Tachypnea | 9.3 (1.4–60.9) | 0.020 |
| Use of antibiotics before the visit | 8.4 (0.6–110.0) | 0.106 |
| Co-infection diagnosed or suspected | 6.7 (0.7–62.3) | 0.097 |
| Temperature at presentation/°C | 0.1 (0.02–1.2) | 0.078 |
| Born preterm | 0.3 (0.05–1.7) | 0.168 |
| Performance of the prediction model | ||
| Accuracy (correctly classified) | 92.42% | |
| Sensitivity | 95.45% | |
| Specificity | 86.36% | |