Table 5.
Results of binary logistic regression: serum albumin < 3.8 vs. risk factors
| 95% | CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor |
LR (exp B) |
Lower |
Upper |
p |
p (with bootstrapping) |
| Age in years |
1.029 |
1.000 |
1.059 |
0.051 * |
0.008 * |
| Female Sex |
3.684 |
1.566 |
8.667 |
0.003 * |
0.001 * |
| Diabetes mellitus |
0.137 |
0.049 |
0.381 |
<0.001 * |
0.001 * |
| Vintage (months) |
0.992 |
0.982 |
1.002 |
0.103 |
0.057 |
| %URR |
1.006 |
0.927 |
1.092 |
0.878 |
0.870 |
| nPCR |
0.232 |
0.051 |
1.045 |
0.057 |
0.043 * |
| Serum Phosphate |
0.912 |
0.689 |
1.208 |
0.521 |
0.447 |
| %Weight Loss |
1.082 |
0.980 |
1.194 |
0.119 |
0.128 |
| Days in Hospital |
1.042 |
0.926 |
1.174 |
0.492 |
0.470 |
| Febrile Episodes |
1.502 |
0.413 |
5.456 |
0.537 |
0.501 |
| Bacteremia |
0.982 |
0.248 |
3.891 |
0.979 |
0.962 |
| Leukocytosis |
0.955 |
0.766 |
1.190 |
0.682 |
0.696 |
| Serum Ferritin | 0.999 | 0.997 | 1.000 | 0.064 | 0.047 * |
* = significant. LR = Likelihood Ratio. Bootstrapping performed with 1000 iterations.