Influence of defined clinical variables on the results of four different diagnostic tools (logistic regression).

The association and influence of the clinical variables enumerated in the first column on the sensitivity of the hydatid fluid (HF)-, B2t- and 2B2t-ELISAs and of a commercial IHA kit was statistically assessed. B-OR: odds ratio in the bivariate, and M-OR in the multivariant regression analysis. IC: 95% confidence interval. Statistically significant differences (P≤0.050) are shown in the table (in bold). tr.: treatment.