Table 6 Risk factors associated with UTI among Mekelle University students with symptomatic UTI, northern Ethiopia, February–September 2017
Variable | Total | Significant Bacteriuria | COR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | |||||||
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 97 | 8(8.2) | 89(91.8) | 1 |  |  |  | |
 Female | 244 | 64(26.2) | 180(73.8) | 3.96(2.45–14.02) | 0.001 | 7.42(1.25–43.96) | 0.027* | |
Age (in years) | ||||||||
 16–20 | 29 | 5(17.2) | 24(82.8) | 1 |  |  |  | |
 21–25 | 217 | 46(21.2) | 171(78.8) | 1.29(0.242–3.26) | 0.752 | NA |  | |
 26–30 | 90 | 21(23.3) | 69(76.7) | 1.46(0.41–6.24) | 0.505 | NA |  | |
 31–35 | 5 | 0(0.0) | 5(100.0) | NA |  |  |  | |
Current symptoms | ||||||||
 Dysuria | No | 91 | 9 | 82 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 250 | 63 | 187 | 3.06(1.263–5.632) | 0.010 | 3.38 (1.001–11.44 | 0.052 | |
 Frequency | No | 96 | 13 | 83 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 245 | 59 | 186 | 2.02(1.004–3.593) | 0.048 | 0.73 (0.279–1.93) | 0.534 | |
 Urgency | No | 110 | 14 | 103 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 231 | 58 | 173 | 2.46 (1.567–5.719) | 0.001 | 1.605(.637–4.046) | 0.316 | |
 Hematuria | No | 290 | 51 | 239 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 51 | 21 | 30 | 3.28 (1.370–6.34) | 0.006 | 0.812(0.26–2.58) | 0.725 | |
 Abdominal pain | No | 80 | 13 | 67 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 261 | 59 | 202 | 1.50(.813–3.040) | 0.179 | NA |  | |
 Fever | No | 147 | 30 | 117 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 194 | 42 | 152 | 1.07 (.633–1.795) | 0.811 | NA |  | |
 Flank pain | No | 248 | 39 | 209 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 93 | 33 | 60 | 2.95 (2.12–10.955) | 0.001 | 3.776(1.552–9.18) | 0.003* | |
 Urinary Incontinence | No | 215 | 29 | 186 | 1 |  |  |  |
Yes | 126 | 43 | 83 | 3.32 (3.007–9.116) | 0.001 | 2.07 (0.855–4.99) | 0.107 | |