Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analysis of laboratory parameters for the prediction of USG and DMSA abnormalities and VUR or severe VUR.

From: The value of delta neutrophil index in young infants with febrile urinary tract infection

 

USG abnormalities

DMSA abnormalities

VUR

Severe VUR

OR (95% CI)/B

P value

OR (95% CI)/B

P value

OR (95% CI)/B

P value

OR (95% CI)/B

P value

WBC

1.000 (1.000–1.000)/0.000

0.98

1.000 (1.000–1.000)/0.000

0.25

1.000 (1.000–1.000)/0.000

0.02

1.000 (1.000–1.000)/0.000

0.16

ESR

0.998 (0.987–1.009)/−0.002

0.72

0.994 (0.981–1.006)/−0.006

0.29

0.977 (0.965–0.990)/−0.023

<0.01

0.988 (0.967–1.008)/−0.012

0.23

CRP

1.005 (0.999–1.011)/0.005

0.09

1.024 (1.015–1.032)/0.023

0.00

1.007 (1.000–1.014)/0.007

0.05

0.999 (0.993–1.006)/−0.001

0.82

DNI

1.297 (1.055–1.595)/0.260

0.01

1.337 (1.106–1.616)/0.290

<0.01

1.215 (1.065–1.386)/0.195

<0.01

1.430 (1.045–1.956)/0.357

0.02

  1. USG: ultrasonography, DMSA: dimercaptosuccinic acid, VUR: vesicoureteral reflux, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, B: regression coefficients, WBC: white blood cell, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein, DNI: delta neutrophil index.