Table 2.
Associations with nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization > 3 log copies/mL
| Covariate | Bivariate analyses | Multivariate analyses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95%CI) | Wald p | OR (95%CI) | Wald p | |
| Age category | ||||
| < 2 y | ref | ref | ||
| 2 to <5 y | 1.27 (0.85–1.90) | 0.25 | 1.28 (0.83–1.97) | 0.27 |
| 5 to < 10 y | 0.39 (0.23–0.66) | 0.001 | 0.39 (0.22–0.68) | 0.001 |
| 10 y and over | 0.16 (0.053–0.46) | 0.001 | 0.22 (0.072–0.68) | 0.008 |
| Recruitment group | ||||
| 1 (PICU) | ref | ref | ||
| 2 (ward) | 1.80 (1.14–2.85) | 0.012 | 1.54 (0.94–2.53) | 0.09 |
| 3 (ED) | 2.62 (1.73–3.98) | < 0.001 | 2.20 (1.36–3.55) | 0.001 |
| Disease category | ||||
| Viral infection syndrome | ref | NS | ||
| Nonsevere indeterminate pneumo. | 1.96 (1.27–3.02) | 0.002 | ||
| Severe indeterminate pneumonia | 0.85 (0.53–1.38) | 0.52 | ||
| Bacterial infection syndrome | 0.98 (0.46–2.10) | 0.96 | ||
NS not significant