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Table 2 Predictors of bacterial infection in the univariate and multivariate analyses in patients with HBV-ACLF

From: The role of prophylactic antibiotics in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients at risk of bacterial infection: a retrospective study

Predictor

Univariate analysis

P-value

Multivariate analysis

P-value

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

1.018 (0.989–1.048)

0.233

Gender

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.999

Underlying liver disease

1.035 (0.402–2.665)

0.932

Prior decompensation

1.136 (0.456–2.829)

0.784

Precipitating events

0.935 (0.159–5.495)

0.738

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

1.004 (1.001–1.008)

0.015

Creatinine (μmol/L)

1.005 (0.996–1.013)

0.271

Sodium (mmol/L)

0.905 (0.837–0.979)

0.013

White blood cell count (109/L)

1.085 (0.982–1.199)

0.111

Neutrophil count (109/L)

0.996 (0.999–1.045)

0.870

Hemoglobin (g/L)

0.974 (0.958–0.990)

0.002

Platelet count (109/L)

0.995 (0.987–1.002)

0.166

INR

3.483 (1.590–7.628)

0.002

Ascites grade

1.951 (1.326–2.871)

0.001

1.802 (1.141–2.846)

0.012

Hepatic encephalopathy grade

2.528 (1.003–6.371)

0.049

2.840 (1.015–7.945)

0.047

LMR

0.732 (0.515–1.041)

0.083

NLR

0.988 (0.959–1.017)

0.402

DIC score

1.486 (1.168–1.890)

0.001

Glucocorticoids

0.984 (0.450–2.153)

0.968

Prophylactic antibiotics

0.142 (0.064–0.314)

0.000

0.135 (0.056–0.330)

0.000

  1. Bold-face font represents factors that are significant predictors of infection in multivariate analyses
  2. HBV-ACLF Hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure, INR international normalized ratio, LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  3. “–” represents factors that are not ultimately included in the multivariate analysis