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	𝛽	SE	95% CI	OR	𝑃
Age 2–11 months	0.473	0.304	0.881–2.921	1.711	0.122
Heart failure	−0.195	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	−1.468	0.961	0.035–1.516	5.812	0.127

𝛽: coefficient of regression; SE: standard error; 95% CI: confident interval; OR: odds ratio.