Table 3.

Binary logistic regression of factors predicting an unfavourable outcome from spondylodiscitis.

Risk Factor	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-Value
Diabetes mellitus	5.88	1.40–24.68	0.008
Frankel grading scale A–D	4.52	1.25–16.39	0.019
Duration of symptoms	1.02	1.00–1.04	0.019
Spinal cord/cauda equina compression	6.49	1.42–29.70	0.009