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Published in final edited form as: Spinal Cord. 2023 Nov 8;61(12):684–689. doi: 10.1038/s41393-023-00938-7

Table 3:

Association of demographic and clinical characteristics with prescription for antibiotics within 7 days of the annual evaluation.

Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Age 1.00 (0.99–1.0) 0.71 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.40
Race
 White Reference Reference
 Black 0.71 (0.61–0.84) 0.01 0.70 (0.59–0.83) <0.01
 Other 0.81 (0.64–1.01) 0.69 0.84 (0.66–1.07) 0.16
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic Reference Reference
 Hispanic 1.12 (0.89–1.40) 0.05 1.06 (0.80–1.40) 0.69
 Unknown 0.72 (0.51–1.02) 0.03 0.51 (0.32–0.82) 0.01
Gender
 Male Reference Reference
 Female 1.41(1.05–1.88) 0.02 1.22 (0.84–1.76) 0.29
Neurologic Level of Injury
 Tetraplegia AIS A-C Reference Reference
 Paraplegia AIS A-C 1.08 (0.90–1.30) <0.01 1.16 (0.92–1.47) 0.20
 AIS D 0.67 (0.56–0.81) <0.01 1.01 (0.80–1.28) 0.92
 Not Classified 0.83 (0.67–1.03) 0.38 1.11 (0.83–1.47) 0.48
Etiology of Injury
 Motor Vehicle Collision Reference Reference
 Fall 0.82 (0.66–1.00) 0.16 0.97 (0.77–1.25) 0.83
 Other 0.87 (0.75–1.01) 0.54 1.03 (0.86–1.20) 0.80
Comorbidity Index 1.05 (1.01–1.09) 0.02 1.06 (1.01–1.11) 0.03
Bladder Management
 Catheter Reference Reference
 No Catheter 0.47 (0.42–0.54) <0.01 0.68 (0.57–0.82) <0.01
Organism Identified on Culture in Top 3
 Yes Reference Reference
 No 0.42 (0.37–0.47) <0.01 0.48 (0.41–0.57) <0.01
Urine Culture During Annual Evaluation
 Yes Reference Reference
 No 0.51 (0.45–0.59) <0.01 0.62 (0.51–0.75) <0.01