Bacteriological profile, risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of symptomatic urinary tract infection among students of Mekelle University, northern Ethiopia

Table 7 Association of Other Enabling Factors 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
Variable	Total	Yes	No	COR (95%,CI)	p-value	AOR (95%,CI)	p-value
History of UTI
No	299	46	253	1
Yes	42	26	16	8.93 (5.27–28.14)	0.001	5.75 (1.70–19.4)	0.005*
History of DM
No	316	66	250	1
Yes	15	6	9	2.52 (.130–12.411)	0.836	NA
Using contraceptive
No	313	60	253	1
Yes	28	12	16	3.16(2.30–8.427)	0.001	1.14(0.412–3.17)	0.798
History of Medication
No	297	57	240	1
Yes	44	15	29	2.17(1.53–14.46)	0.001	1.98(0.422–9.27)	0.386
History of Catheter
No	330	66	264	1
Yes	11	6	5	4.8 (1.68–22.387)	0.006	18.2 (4.45–74.77)	0.001*
Male Circumcision
No	19	3	16	2.73 (2.120–14.063)	0.001	3.89(0.66–71.56)	0.106
Yes	78	5	73	1
Female Sexual Activity
Never had Sex	177	43	134	1
Had sex < 3 per week	61	16	45	1.1(1.004–3.593)	0.048	1.605(0.637–4.05)	0.316
Had sex ≥3 per week	11	5	6	2.59 (1.26–6.12)	0.015	2.16 (1.149–3.69)	0.012*

Note: *Statistically significant at P < 0.05.DM, diabetes mellitus; AOR adjusted odds ratio, COR crude odds ratio, 1 referent group, CI confidence interval, N/A not applicable

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