| Characteristics of patients | \({\beta }_{i}\) | \({SE}_{{\beta }_{i}}\) | Wald statistic (df) | p value | Odd ratio | 95% C.I for OR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lower | Upper | ||||||
Staphylococcus aureus | Constant | 1.243 | 0.757 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Age | − 0.216 | 0.321 | 0.454(1) | 0.500 | 0.806 | 0.430 | 1.511 |
 | Gender | − 0.015 | 0.412 | 0.001(1) | 0.971 | 0.985 | 0.439 | 2.209 |
 | Severity | − 0.217 | 0.428 | 0.256(1) | 0.613 | 0.805 | 0.348 | 1.864 |
Moraxella catarrhalis | Constant | 0.578 | 0.964 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Age | 0.088 | 0.435 | 0.041(1) | 0.840 | 1.091 | 0.466 | 2.559 |
 | Gender | 0.923 | 0.517 | 3.182(1) | 0.074 | 2.517 | 0.913 | 6.940 |
 | Severity | 0.499 | 0.534 | 0.873(1) | 0.350 | 1.647 | 0.578 | 4.687 |
Chlamydophila pneumoniae | Constant | − 0.334 | 0.819 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Age | 0.035 | 0.362 | 0.009(1) | 0.924 | 1.035 | 0.509 | 2.105 |
 | Gender | 0.507 | 0.442 | 1.313(1) | 0.252 | 1.660 | 0.698 | 3.950 |
 | Severity | 1.314 | 0.446 | 8.664(1) | 0.003* | 3.721 | 1.551 | 8.926 |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Constant | 2.792 | 0.969 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Age | − 0.310 | 0.384 | 0.649(1) | 0.420 | 0.734 | 0.346 | 1.558 |
 | Gender | − 0.788 | 0.558 | 1.996(1) | 0.158 | 0.455 | 0.152 | 1.357 |
 | Severity | − 0.101 | 0.530 | 0.036(1) | 0.849 | 0.904 | 0.320 | 2.556 |
Haemophilus spp. | Constant | 3.135 | 1.688 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Age | 0.176 | 0.675 | 0.068(1) | 0.794 | 1.192 | 0.317 | 4.479 |
 | Gender | 0.321 | 0.825 | 0.152(1) | 0.697 | 1.379 | 0.274 | 6.949 |
 | Severity | − 1.270 | 1.132 | 1.258(1) | 0.262 | 0.281 | 0.031 | 2.584 |