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Table 3 Odds of Serious Bacterial Infection following C3 level in children with SLE/CTD diagnosis

From: Bacterial infections in a pediatric cohort of primary and acquired complement deficiencies

Serious Bacterial Infection (SBI)

Odds

Ratio

Std. Err.

Z

P > |z|

95% Conf.

Interval

C3 (Low)

5.52

3.00

3.15

0.002

(1.90–16.00)

LOI

3.56

2.38

1.89

0.058

(0.96–13.23)

LN Present

1.52

0.83

0.77

0.77

(0.52–4.42)

  1. Logistic regression analysis of serious bacterial infection within 30 days of a respective C3 level. Regression model accounts for level of immune suppression (LOI), history of lupus nephritis (LN), and age