TABLE 5.
Presence of any Fusobacterium necrophorum among patients with pharyngotonsillitis in primary healthcare
| Presence of | Presence of any Fusobacterium necrophorum in the samples |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Crude model |
Adjusted models |
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| OR (95% CI) | Model 1a aOR (95%CI) |
Model 2b aOR (95%CI) |
|
| No cough | 1.22 (0.56–2.63) | ||
| Lymphadenitis | 1.26 (0.57–2.77) | ||
| Fever | 0.97 (0.45–2.08) | ||
| Tonsillar coating | 2.87 (1.31–6.24)c | 2.66 (1.21–5.85)c | 2.75 (1.19–6.33)c |
| Runny nose | 0.16 (0.65–3.06) | ||
| Younger than 26 years | 0.22 (0.33–1.55) | ||
| Smoker | 1.37 (0.64–2.93) | 3.66 (1.41–9.49)c | |
| Often has a sore throat | 0.38 (0.09–1.68) | ||
| Tonsillectomised | 0.38 (0.09–1.68) | ||
Crude (univariate) odds ratio (OR) and adjusted ORs (aOR) from the logistic regressions are presented with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). aORs were calculated using multiple logistic regressions with backward elimination of all variables. The variables in the last step are shown in the adjusted models.
a
Model 1 Adjusting for no cough, lymphadenitis, fever, tonsillar coating.
b
Model 2 Adjusting for the variable in model 1 and runny nose, younger than 26 years, smoker, often has a sore throat.
c
Significant figures.