TABLE 2.

MULTIVARIABLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF PREDICTORS FOR HIGH (≥ 48) COLONY-FORMING UNIT NUMBERS

	Beta	Odds	95% CI	P Value
ALI diagnosis	1.50	4.48	1.87–10.72	0.0007
Nonpulmonary source of illness	0.78	2.17	1.19–3.98	0.01
SOFA score	−0.12	0.89	0.77–1.03	0.11
WBC count	0.04	1.04	0.98–1.11	0.18
Intercept	−0.25	0.78	0.14–4.18	0.09

Definition of abbreviations: ALI, acute lung injury; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; WBC, white blood cell.