Association between peripheral blood/bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia and significant oxygen requirements in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia

Table 3 Patient factors analysis showing association with significant oxygen requirements

	Univariate			Multiple	(Model 1)		Multiple	(Model 2)
Characteristics	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Age^a	1.140	0.969–1.363	0.13	1.229	0.972–1.553	0.084	1.226	0.974–1.543	0.083
CRP	1.070	1.020–1.110	0.009	1.022	0.968–1.078	0.432	1.026	0.972–1.083	0.356
Smoking duration	1.006	0.997–1.016	0.201	–	–	–	–	–	–
BAL eosinophil % (High/low)	0.490	0.282–0.851	0.011				0.516	0.285–0.933	0.028
Peripheral eosinophil count (High/low)	0.497	0.283–0.873	0.015				0.679	0.358–1.286	0.234
Blood/BAL scoring
0	3.187	(1.567–6.484)	0.001	3.014	1.378–6.593	0.006
1	2.610	(1.356–5.024)	0.004	2.256	1.112–4.574	0.024
2	1	–	0.003	1	–	0.018

^aFor every 1 year increase
Model 1: Blood/BAL scoring is entered for multivariate analysis
Model 2: BAL eosinophil (%) (High/low) and blood eosinophil count were entered for multivariate analysis. Blood/BAL scoring were excluded from analysis
Abbreviations: BAL Bronchoalveolar lavage, CRP C-reactive protein

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