Table 3.

Factors associated with positive C-reactive protein among 250 children with UTI at BMC

Variables	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	CRP (+ve) Median/n (%)	OR(95%; CI)	P value	OR(95%;CI)	P value
Age	3(IQR:1–4.5)	0.98(0.89–1.08)	0.788
Sex
Male (142)	49(34.5)	1
Female (108)	39(36.1)	1.07(0.63–1.81)	0.793
Fever
No (122)	17(13.9)	1
Yes (128)	71(55.5)	7.69(4.1414.29)	<0.001	7.57(3.94–14.55)	<0.001
Diarrhea
No (221)	74(33.5)	1
Yes (29)	14(48.3)	1.85(0.84–4.04)	0.121	1.44(0.58–3.42)	0.444
Bacteriuria
Culture negative (174)	49(28.2)	1
Gram Positive (20)	6(30.0)	1.1(0.39–3.00)	0.863	1.54(0.49–4.78)	0.452
Gram negative (56)	33(58.9)	3.66(1.96–6.84)	<0.001	3.54(1.73–7.22)	0.001