Table 10.

Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Bacteremia (N = 209)

Characteristic	Bivariate Analysis			Multivariate Analysis
	cOR	95% CI	P value	aOR	95% CI	P value
Residence
Rural	1.905	0.959–3.783	0.066	1.053	0.968–1.146	0.227
Urban	Ref
Mother’s Education
Primary and below	4.224	1.433–12.447	0.009	1.098	1.007–1.197	0.037
Secondary plus	Ref
Admission history
Yes	Ref
No	3.015	1.119–8.125	0.029	1.015	0.933–1.104	0.725
Joint Swelling
Yes	1.018	0.120–1.068	0.066	1.006	0.918–1.104	0.894
No	Ref
Temperature
≤38.0 °C	Ref
38.1+°C	1.987	0.971–4.068	0.040	1.043	0.961–1.133	0.315
Pulse
Normal for age	Ref
Tachycardia	4.667	2.046–10.645	<0.001	1.116	1.027–1.213	0.010
WBC
Normal for age	Ref
Leucocytosis	9.647	4.395–21.172	<0.001	1.108	0.992–1.239	0.069
Neutrophils
Normal for age	Ref
Neutrophilia	10.647	4.395–21.172	<0.001	1.536	1.363–1.731	<0.001