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Table 3 Associations between complement levels and the risk of neonatal sepsis

From: Complement levels and their diagnostic utility in neonatal sepsis

complement (per 1-SD)

Crude model

Adjusted model

OR(95% CI)

P-value

OR(95% CI)

P-value

C1q (per 67.29 ng/ml)

1.00 (0.99 − 1.01)

0.810

1.04 (0.65 − 1.66)

0.867

C3 (per 0.38 ng/ml)

1.08 (0.67 − 1.60)

0.892

1.01 (0.64 − 1.60)

0.986

C3c (per 0.49 ng/ml)

1.41 (0.86 − 2.42)

0.166

1.49 (0.85 − 2.63)

0.167

C3b (per 3.81 ng/ml)

0.74 (0.46 − 1.19)

0.214

0.72 (0.44 − 1.16)

0.172

C4 (per 0.11 ng/ml)

1.16 (0.75 − 1.81)

0.505

1.15 (0.73 − 1.81)

0.536

C5 (per 6.87 pg/ml)

0.85 (0.54 − 1.33)

0.463

0.87 (0.55 − 1.4)

0.545

C5a (per 26.36 ng/ml)

0.52 (0.27 − 0.97)

0.040

0.47 (0.24 − 0.90)

0.023

H (per 132.89 ng/ml)

1.40 (0.88 − 2.23)

0.161

1.45 (0.86 − 2.45)

0.160

B (per 101.28 ng/ml)

1.17 (0.75 − 1.82)

0.480

1.17 (0.73 − 1.85)

0.516

MBL (per 168.97 pg/ml)

2.97 (1.63 − 5.45)

< 0.001

2.96 (1.61 − 5.44)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Adjusted models were adjusted for neonatal age and sex. ORs and 95% CIs were calculated as changes in the effect estimates per 1-SD increase