Prevalence and Utility of Positive Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen Tests in Australian Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with positive UAT.

	Univariate	Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
ICU^†	5.6 (1.6–18.3)	—
Current smoker	3.4 (1.1–11.1)	6.7 (1.8–28.9)
CURB-65^‡
(i) mild	1.0	1.0
(ii) moderate	1.1 (0.1–11.1)	1.3 (0.1–14.4)
(iii) severe	10.7 (2.6–71.6)	18.7 (4.0–142)

Abbreviations—^†ICU: intensive care unit admission ^‡CURB-65 score: pneumonia severity according to confusion, uraemia, elevated respiratory rate, low blood pressure, and age greater than or equal to 65 years.