The Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin during Bacterial Infections in Decompensated Cirrhosis

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with bacterial infection.

	Bacterial infection diagnosis
	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
Age > 60 years	0.609	0.285
Gender	0.775	0.399
Tabagism	0.35	0.376
Alcoholism	0.786	0.076
Diabetes mellitus	0.614	0.75
Hypertension	0.231	0.535
Duration of cirrhosis	0.170	0.473
Length of hospitalization	0.291	0.843
Child-Pugh score	0.311	0.199
MELD score > 15	0.001	0.022
Ascite	0.937	0.744
Encephalopathy	0.001	0.021
WBC ≥ 6635 cells/lL	0.005	0.22
CRP ≥ 20 mg/L	0.000	0.184
PCT ≥ 0.5 ng/mL	0.000	0.009

WBC: white blood cells; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease.