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Table 2 Output from regression analysis

From: Urinary ATP as an indicator of infection and inflammation of the urinary tract in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms

Model 1 pyuria described by dichotomy

   

95% confidence interval for B

 

B coefficient

p

Lower bound

Upper bound

(Constant)

-8.026

.000

-8.400

-7.652

Age

.004

.197

-.002

.009

Gender 0 = female, 1 = male

-.537

.001

-.865

-.209

MSU 0 = negative 1 = positive

-.346

.004

-.582

-.110

Average 24-hour frequency

-.004

.743

-.026

.019

Average 24-hour incontinence

-.001

.990

-.092

.090

Number of stress incontinence symptoms

-.065

.179

-.161

.030

Number of voiding symptoms

.124

.000

.061

.187

Number of pain symptoms

.082

.382

-.103

.267

Number of urgency symptoms

-.030

.163

-.072

.012

Pyuria 0 = none 1 = any

.157

.107

-.034

.349

Model 2 pyuria described by ordinal scale

 

95% confidence interval for B

 

B coefficient

p

Lower bound

Upper bound

(Constant)

-8.058

.000

-8.431

-7.685

Age

.002

.404

-.003

.008

Gender 0 = female, 1 = male

-.522

.002

-.845

-.199

MSU 0 = negative 1 = positive

-.406

.001

-.642

-.171

Average 24-hour frequency

-.002

.878

-.024

.021

Average 24-hour incontinence

-.024

.607

-.114

.067

Number of stress incontinence symptoms

-.060

.210

-.154

.034

Number of voiding symptoms

.106

.001

.043

.169

Number of pain symptoms

.085

.356

-.096

.266

Number of urgency symptoms

-.024

.257

-.066

.018

Pyuria1 to 9 wbc μl-1

.207

.059

-.008

.422

Pyuria ≥ 10 wbc μl -1

.432

.000

.203

.662

Dependent variable is urinary log10 ATP concentration