Table 4.

Association between infection status and C-reactive protein

	Crude			Adjusted
	Regression	95 % CI	P-value	Regression	95 % CI	P-value
	Coefficient			Coefficient
No PA/SA	−8.0	−13.4 to −2.7	0.005	−8.1	−13.5 to −2.6	0.005
SA only	−5.8	−10.5 to −1.1	0.019	−5.8	−10.8 to −0.8	0.026
PA	0	Reference	-	0	Reference	-

Regression coefficients were calculated using a linear regression. The adjusted model includes age and sex as covariates