Table 6.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of VBP

Variables with significant ORs	Leishmania infantum a		Bartonella spp.a		Mycoplasma spp.b		Babesia microti c		Anaplasma phagocytophilum c
	OR (95% Cl)	P	OR (95% Cl)	P	OR (95% Cl)	P	OR (95% Cl)	P	OR (95% Cl)	P
Adult age		ns		ns	4.53 (1.23–16.74)	0.02	0.28 (0.11–0.75)	< 0.01		ns
FIV positivity		ns	11.79 (1.38–100.97)	0.02	5.07 (1.33–19.33)	0.02		ns		ns
Anaemia		ns		ns	2.76 (1.05–7.29)	0.04		ns		ns
High CK	0.28 [0.10; 0.78]	0.01		ns	0.35 (0.12–0.98)	0.04	0.31 (0.12–0.69)	0.01		ns
High ALP		ns	0.26 (0.09–0.71)	0.01		ns		ns	4.40 (1.54–12.57)	< 0.001
Low Albumin		ns		ns		ns		ns	2.42 (1.05–5.59)	0.04
High Globulins		ns	2.99 (1.38–6.48)	0.00		ns		ns		ns
High Creatinine		ns		ns	7.68 (1.43–41.01)	0.02		ns		ns

Abbreviation: ns not significant

^aPCR and/or IFAT

^bPCR

^cIFAT