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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression: risk of multiple lesions

From: The clinical and imaging presentation of acute "non complicated" pyelonephritis: A new profile for an ancient disease

N = 119

Number in Group

Multiple lesions

(N = 95)

%

OR - UNI

CI 95% - UNI

OR - MULTI1

CI MULTI

Age ≤ 32 years

62

47

75.8%

1

   

Age > 32 years

57

48

84.2%

1.702

0.679-4.267

1.699

0.620-4.653

Scars at diagnosis

NO

101

79

78.2%

1

   

Scars at diagnosis

YES

18

16

88.9%

2.228

0.476-10.434

1.81

0.349-9.383

CRP < 12 mg/dL

58

45

77.6%

1

   

CRP > = 12 mg/dL

58

47

81.0%

1.234

0.501-3.039

1.151

0.425-3.117

Negative urinary cultures or hemocultures

81

60

74.1%

1

   

Positive urinary cultures and/or hemocultures

38

35

92.1%

4.083

1.136-14.679

4.204

1.139-15.515

Presence of the 3 main symptoms

77

65

84.4%

1

   

Absence of at least one of the 3 main symptoms

42

30

71.4%

0.462

0.186-1.146

0.437

0.168-1.13

  1. CRP (C-reactive protein); Age: dichotomized at the median. Three main symptoms: fever; lumbar pain-tenderness; symptoms of lower UTI