Table 4.
Association of serious bacterial infection with laboratory findings at presentation of 302 children admitted with fever in Ujjain, India
| Independent Variable | Outcome variable Serious bacterial infection | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total(%)# n = 302 |
No (%) n = 160 |
Yes (%) n = 142 |
RR | 95%CI | P value | |
| Hyponatremia | ||||||
| No | 255 (84) | 144 (56) | 111 (44) | 1.51 | 1.18–1.94 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 147 (16) | 16 (34) | 31 (66) | |||
| Hypernatremia | ||||||
| No | 185 (61) | 96(52) | 89 (48) | 0.94 | 0.73–1.20 | 0.636 |
| Yes | 117 (39) | 64 (55) | 53 (45) | |||
| Hypokalemia | ||||||
| No | 267 (88) | 149 (56) | 118 (44) | 1.55 | 1.19–2.01 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 35 (12) | 11 (31) | 24 (69) | |||
| Hyperkalemia | ||||||
| No | 272 (90) | 143 (53) | 129 (47) | 0.91 | 0.56–1.40 | 0.679 |
| Yes | 30(10) | 17 (57) | 13 (43) | |||
| Hypocalcemia | ||||||
| No | 284 (94) | 154 (54) | 130 (46) | 1.45 | 1.02–2.06 | 0.035 |
| Yes | 18 (6) | 6 (33) | 12 (67) | |||
| Abnormal leucocyte count | ||||||
| No | 22 (7) | 18 (82) | 4 (18) | 2.71 | 1.10–6.62 | 0.029 |
| Yes | 280 (93) | 142 (51) | 138 (49) | |||
%#-column percentage, %- row percentage