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

Table 7

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with 3-month mortality in the BI group.

Variable	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
Sex	0.184	0.900
Child-Pugh (class)
B	<0.001	0.887
C	<0.001	<0.001
Child-Pugh (score)	0.004	0.627
Respiratory rate	0.720	0.111
Temperature	0.004	0.01
WBC	0.027	0.131
Neutrophil count	0.018	0.075
Platelets	0.008	0.018
Prothrombin time	0.031	0.874
CRP	0.041	0.225
PCT	0.131	0.318
Serum creatinine	0.045	0.197
AST	0.396	0.300
MELD score	0.005	0.411

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