Research Article
Determinants of Oxygen Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia in a Resource-Constrained Region
Table 6
Predictors of hypoxaemia among the 420 patients with severe pneumonia.
| Variable | | SE | 95% CI | OR | |
| Age 2–11 months | 0.473 | 0.304 | 0.881–2.921 | 1.711 | 0.122 | Heart failure | | 0.425 | 0.357–1.894 | 3.358 | 0.647 | Head nodding
| 0.543 | 0.344 | 0.877–3.380 | 2.851 | 0.114 | Grunting | 1.420 | 0.305 | 2.287–7.482 | 5.210 | 0.000 | Cyanosis | 3.765 | 1.075 | 5.248–355.111 | 83.200 | 0.000 | Cardiomegaly | | 0.961 | 0.035–1.516 | 5.812 | 0.127 |
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: coefficient of regression; SE: standard error; 95% CI: confident interval; OR: odds ratio.
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