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. 2020 Oct 21;99(2):115169. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115169

Table 3.

Multivariate predictors of bacterial pneumonia versus COVID-19 or influenza versus COVID-19.

Characteristic Odds ratio (95% CI) P value





Bacterial pneumonia to COVID-19
WBC (×109/L)
3.5–9.5 Reference
<3.5 5.531 (0.569–53.756) 0.140
>9.5 0.134 (0.026–0.699) 0.017
Monocytes (%)
<10% Reference
>10% 1.838 (0.966–3.498) 0.064
Eosinophils (%)
>0.4% Reference
<0.4% 6.654 (2.210–20.027) 0.001
SAA (mg/L)
<10 Reference
>10 2.798 (0.826–9.479) 0.098










Influenza to COVID-19
Age (years) 2.255 (0.856–5.941) 0.100
WBC (×109/L)
3.5–9.5 Reference
<3.5 0.172 (0.010–3.099) 0.233
>9.5 0.247 (0.008–7.260) 0.418
Neutrophil (%)
<75% Reference
>75% 0.691 (0.207–2.311) 0.549
Monocytes (%)
<10% Reference
>10% 0.147 (0.042–0.521) 0.003
NLR
<3.72 Reference
>3.72 0.141 (0.024–0.811) 0.028
LMR
<2.74 96.442 (8.332–1116.248) <0.001
>2.74 Reference

WBC = white blood cell; SAA = serum amyloid A; NLR = neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR = lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio.