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Published in final edited form as: Int Ophthalmol. 2012 Jun 30;32(6):531–538. doi: 10.1007/s10792-012-9601-x

Table 2.

Univariate logistic regression for baseline characteristics predicting organism

Characteristic S. pneumoniae, OR (95 % CI) P. aeruginosa, OR (95 % CI) Nocardia spp., OR (95 % CI) Staphylococcus spp., OR (95 % CI) Moraxella spp., OR (95 % CI)
P value P value P value P value P value
Infiltrate size 0.78 (0.70–0.87) 1.58 (1.39–1.80) 0.98 (0.83–1.16) 0.70 (0.53–0.91) 0.80 (0.54–1.15)
P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P = 0.81 P = 0.009 P = 0.22
Dacryocystitis 7.28 (4.05–13.08) 0.12 (0.042–0.33) 0.21 (0.064–0.69) 0.36 (0.11–1.21) N/a
P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P = 0.009 P = 0.099
Duration of symptoms prior to presentation (by week) 0.65 (0.51–0.82) 0.59 (0.41–0.87) 1.38 (1.18–1.62) 1.22 (1.05–1.41) 0.83 (0.43–1.60)
P < 0.001 P = 0.007 P < 0.001 P = 0.009 P = 0.57
Age (by decade) 1.48 (1.30–1.68) 0.69 (0.59–0.79) 0.90 (0.75–1.07) 0.83 (0.66–1.03) 0.67 (0.47–0.95)
P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P = 0.24 P = 0.095 P = 0.025
Depth (0: 0–33 %; 1: > 33–100 %) 1.09 (0.76–1.56) 2.39 (1.51–3.77) 0.29 (0.16–0.54) 0.67 (0.33–1.33) 0.60 (0.20–1.76)
P = 0.63 P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P = 0.25 P = 0.36
Location (0 = peripheral; 1 = non-peripheral) 1.09 (1.38–4.16) 1.92 (0.92–4.03) 0.48 (0.24–0.97) 0.16 (0.08–0.34) 0.54 (0.15–2.01)
P = 0.002 P = 0.083 P = 0.04 P < 0.001 P = 0.36
Baseline visual acuity 1.26 (0.95–1.67) 1.66 (1.18–2.33) 0.39 (0.24–0.65) 0.45
0.25–0.81
0.70 (0.30–1.65)
P = 0.10 P = 0.003 P < 0.001 P = 0.008 P = 0.41
Female gender 1.57 (1.10–2.26) 0.63 (0.41–0.97) 0.97 (0.55–1.71) 0.98
0.49–1.96
1.17 (0.41–3.40)
P = 0.012 P = 0.036 P = 0.92 P = 0.96 P = 0.77
Contact lens wearer N/a 25.6 (3.12–210.61) N/a N/a 5.13 (0.59–44.79)
P = 0.003 P = 0.14
Presence of hypopyon 1.65 (1.16–2.36) 1.21 (0.79–1.85) 0.33 (0.17–0.62) 0.41
0.19–0.86
1.08 (0.37–3.12)
P = 0.006 P = 0.38 P = 0.001 P = 0.02 P = 0.89
Agricultural work 2.67 (1.84–3.88) 0.48 (0.31–0.76) 1.20 (0.69–2.11) 0.43 (0.20–0.94) 0.097 (0.013–0.75)
P < 0.001 P = 0.002 P = 0.52 P = 0.034 P = 0.03

Bold cells indicate comparisons that were significant after Bonferroni correction