Table 1

Distribution of temperature–pulse data by centile group for children presenting to the emergency department with suspected serious bacterial infection

Nomogram centile category	N	Children with serious bacterial infection (n)	OR	95% CI	p Value
Age specific temperature–pulse centiles
>97th centile	132	7	1.84	0.72 to 4.71	0.288
>90th–97th centile	114	4	1.19	0.38 to 3.73
>75th–90th centile	227	11	1.67	0.73 to 3.79
>50th–75th centile	316	16	1.75	0.83 to 3.69
≤50th centile	439	13	1.00	–
Age specific pulse centiles
>97th centile	28	1	1.51	0.19 to 12.0	0.0005
90th–97th centile	91	10	5.04	2.14 to 11.9
75th–90th centile	199	12	2.62	1.19 to 5.79
50th–75th centile	324	14	1.85	0.87 to 3.93
<50th centile	586	14	1.00	–
Tachycardia	514	34	2.90	1.60 to 5.26	0.0002