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Table 5 Predictors of urinary tract infections among children who attend pediatric OPD of FHCSH, Northwest Ethiopia, February to April, 2019

From: Bacterial profile, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors of urinary tract infection among clinically suspected children attending at Felege-Hiwot comprehensive and specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A prospective study

Variables

UTI N (%)

No. UTI (%)

P-value

COR

P-value

AOR

Age

< 1

11 (3.7)

25 (8.4)

0.043

0.372 (0.143_0.962)

0.237

0.408(0.092_1.804)

1_5

10 (3.3)

95 (31.8)

0.067

2.117 (0.949_4.723)

0.111

3.12 (0.766_13.36)

6_15

29 (9.7)

129 (43.1)

 

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Sex

Female

30 (10)

145 (48.5)

0.022

2.07 (1.11_3.86)

  

Male

20 (6.7)

122 (73.9)

 

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Circumcision in boys

No

15 (9.1)

23 (13.9)

0.00

15.93 (5.27_48.09)

0.00

18.99 (5.5_65.35) *

Yes

5 (3.0)

104 (34.8)

 

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1

Residence

Rural

10 (3.3)

81 (27.1)

0.08

1.98 (0.92_4.28)

  

Urban

40 (13.4)

168 (56.2)

 

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Diabetes mellitus

Yes

13 (4.3)

16 (5.4)

0.00

0.195 (0.09_0.44)

  

No

37 (12.4)

233 (77.9)

 

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History of UTI

Yes

31 (10.4)

19 (6.4)

0.00

0.09 (0.05_0.18)

0.003

6.42 (1.86_22.15) *

No

32 (10.7)

217 (72.6)

 

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History of catheterization

Yes

31 (10.4)

19 (6.4)

0.00

0.06 (0.03_0.13)

  

No

23 (7.7)

226 (75.6)

 

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Education of father

Illiterate

19 (3.0)

74 (24.7)

0.14

2.01 (0.79_5.14)

  

primary

17 (5.7)

74 (24.7)

0.88

1.07 (0.47_2.43)

  

High school

12 (4.0)

52 (17.4)

0.89

1.07 (0.47_2.58)

  

College and above

12 (4.0)

49 (16.4)

 

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Education of mother

Illiterate

18 (6.0)

109 (36.5)

0.48

0.69 (0.24_1.97)

  

Primary

11 (3.7)

54 (18.1)

0.311

0.56 (0.18_1.73)

  

High shcool

16 (5.4)

42 (14.0)

0.03

0.30 (0.10_0.0.89)

  

College and above

5 (1.7)

44 (14.7)

 

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Malnutrition

Yes

18(6)

32(10.7)

0.00

3.81(1.92_7.58)

  

No

32(10.7)

217(72.6)

 

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