Table 6.

 Predictive value of bacterial clinical scoring methods for reconsultation with new or unresolving symptoms

Clinical scoring methods	No (%) with no new or unresolving symptoms	No (%) with new or unresolving symptoms	Univariate odds ratio (95% CI)	P value	Multivariate odds ratio* (95% CI)	P value
Centor criteria:	n=11 199	n=1836
0/1	3771 (33.7)	650 (35.4)	1.00	—	1.00	—
2	3873 (34.6)	596 (32.4)	0.89 (0.79 to1.01)	0.06	0.91 (0.80 to1.04)	0.16
3	2733 (24.4)	420 (22.8)	0.89 (0.78 to1.02)	0.09	0.96 (0.82 to1.13)	0.65
4	822 (7.3)	173 (9.4)	1.22 (1.02 to1.47)	0.03	1.33 (1.06 to1.66)	0.01
FeverPAIN:	n=10 772	n=1764
0/1	5549 (51.5)	926 (52.5)	1.00	—	1.00	—
2	2750 (25.5)	431 (24.4)	0.94 (0.83 to1.06)	0.32	0.95 (0.83 to1.10)	0.53
3	1570 (14.6)	246 (14.00)	0.94 (0.81 to1.09)	0.42	0.98 (0.82 to1.17)	0.84
4/5	903 (8.4)	161 (9.1)	1.07 (0.89 to1.28)	0.48	1.12 (0.92 to1.37)	0.26
FeverP(A)IN†:	n=10 804	n=1767
0/1	7481 (69.2)	1222 (69.2)	1.00	—	1.00	—
2	2084 (19.3)	331 (18.7)	0.97 (0.85 to1.11)	0.67	1.01 (0.86 to1.18)	0.92
3	972 (9.0)	153 (8.7)	0.96 (0.80 to1.15)	0.69	0.98 (0.81 to1.18)	0.82
4	267 (2.5)	61 (3.5)	1.40 (1.05 to1.86)	0.02	1.56 (1.10 to2.22)	0.01

*Controlling for clustering and antibiotic prescribing.

†Not including attendance.