C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio as an Early Biomarker to Identify Sepsis in Neonates with Pneumonia

Table 4

Predictive value of CAR for sepsis in neonates with pneumonia.

Variables	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Presence of sepsis
CAR	15.041 (6.212–36.417)	<0.001	9.592 (3.941–23.346)	<0.001
CAR group
Low CAR	1		1
High CAR	5.757 (4.236–7.824)	<0.001	4.884 (3.378–7.062)	<0.001

Note: adjusted for age, temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, CRP, AST, ALT, and TP. Abbreviations: CRP: C-reactive protein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TP: total protein; CAR: C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio.