Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization among French Guianese Children

Table 1

Univariate analysis of predictive factors of poor outcome.

Variable	Poor outcome	Good outcome	Odds ratio (IC 95%)
Age (median, IRQ)	1.4 [0.2-13]	1.8 [0.8-5]	0.6 [0.3-1.2]	0.1
Sex (male)	6 (60)	245 (56)	1.1 [0.3-4.2]	0.8
Prematurity	3 (30)	82 (19)	1.8 [0.5-7.3]	0.4
Sickle cell disease	1 (10)	44 (10)	0.9 [0.1-7.9]	0.9
Other comorbidities	0 (0)	79 (18)
Bacterial infection	6 (60)	61 (14)	9.1 [2.5-33.4]	0.001
Viral infection	0 (0)	42 (10)
Anemia ( g/dL)	11 [10-12]	11 [9.8-12]	0.7 [0.2-3.4]	0.6
CRP (median, IRQ)	132.2 [5-178.2]	44.9 [15.3-103.8]	3 [0.9-11]	0.09
PCT (median, IRQ)	0.26 [0.18-0.32]	1.34 [0.23-8.23]	0.1 [0.03-0.50]	0.003
Lactates (median, IRQ)	3.3 [2.6-4.4]	2.5 [1.7-4.0]	0.7 [0.1-5.8]	0.7