Bacterial infection in patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and fever

Table 7 Bivariate analysis of immunological disease activity markers and their relationship with bacterial infection in patients with SLEJ and fever (n = 116, Ca = 20, Co = 96)

Characteristic and Description	N	Cases	Controls	ORc	95% CI	p-value
SLEDAI 2 k
Mild	22	5	17	1,54	0,49 – 4,84	0,53
Moderate to Severe	94	15	79	1,54	0,49 – 4,84	0,53
p-ANCAS
Positive	12	2	10	0,33	0,04 – 2,68	0,34
Negative	8	3	5	0,33	0,04 – 2,68	0,34
Anti-dsDNA
Positive	14	3	11	0,77	0,18 – 3,22	1,00
Negative	50	13	37	0,77	0,18 – 3,22	1,00
Anti-RNP
Positive	4	1	3	1,29	0,12–13,98	1,00
Negative	44	9	35	1,29	0,12–13,98	1,00
Anti-Sm
Positive	4	1	3	1,45	0,13–15,90	1,00
Negative	43	8	35	1,45	0,13–15,90	1,00
Anti-SS-A/Ro
Positive	10	3	7	2,24	0,44–11,08	0,37
Negative	37	6	31	2,24	0,44–11,08	0,37

SLEDAI-2 k Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000, p-ANCAs Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, Anti-dsDNA Anti-double stranded DNA antibodies, Anti-RNP Anti-ribonucleoprotein U1 antibodies, Anti-Sm Anti-Smith antigen antibodies, Anti-SS-A/Ro Anti-Sjögren's syndrome-related antigen A

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