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. 2020 Feb 21;19:85. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03166-z

Table 5.

Association of demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters with serum phosphate levels in the other febrile illness dataset

Variable Univariable analysis Multivariable analysis
Estimate Std. Error t value P Estimate Std. Error t value P
Sex: male − 0.05 0.052 − 0.97 0.34
Ethnicity: Asian − 0.032 0.13 − 0.25 0.8
Ethnicity: Caucasian − 0.11 0.13 − 0.88 0.38
log10(age (years)) 0.07 0.15 0.46 0.64
Temperature (°C) − 0.081 0.023 − 3.5 0.00069 − 0.071 0.023 − 3.1 0.0025
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 0.00055 0.014 0.04 0.97
log10(White cell count (× 109/L)) − 0.17 0.12 − 1.4 0.16
log10(Platelet count (× 109/L)) 0.38 0.13 3 0.0037 0.31 0.12 2.5 0.013
Corrected calcium (mmol/L) 0.54 0.26 2 0.045
Sodium (mmol/L) 0.03 0.0075 0.4 0.69
Potassium (mmol/L) 0.15 0.066 2.3 0.024
log10(Creatinine mmol/L) − 0.059 0.28 − 0.21 0.83

Variables with a significant association (P < 0.05) in the univariable analysis entered the model selection in the multivariable analysis. Results of are only shown for those variables which were significant in the final multivariable model. Std. Error, standard error. n = 91