Prevalence and risk factors associated with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) carriage among pediatric patients at the time of admission in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country. A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Unadjusted analysis for clinical features associated with MDRO carriage in children at the time of admission in a tertiary care hospital, Karachi

Variables		Crude PR	95%CI	p-value
Age (years)		0.99	0.97, 1.02	0.91
Gender	Male	0.96	0.74, 1.23	0.74
Gender	^aFemale	1.00
Unit of care	PICU	0.87	0.58, 1.31	0.51
Unit of care	^aWard	1.00
Prior antibiotic use for > 48 h in the last 6 months	Yes	1.03	0.75, 1.41	0.85
Prior antibiotic use for > 48 h in the last 6 months	^aNo	1.00
History of vaccination in the last 6 months	No	0.95	0.66, 1.39	0.81
History of vaccination in the last 6 months	^aYes	1.00
Prior health care facility exposure in the last 1 year	Yes	1.09	0.67, 1.79	0.72
Prior health care facility exposure in the last 1 year	^aNo	1.00
Past ICU stay > 72 h in the last 1 year	Yes	0.54	0.17, 1.70	0.29
Past ICU stay > 72 h in the last 1 year	^aNo	1.00
Number of health care facility exposure	Multiple	1.01	0.72, 1.41	0.97
Number of health care facility exposure	^aSingle	1.00

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