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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2006;15(5):209–213. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.05.004

Table 2.

Risk Factors for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) (N=663)

Characteristic UTI (N=84) Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
n % OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Decade 1.20 (1.01, 1.43) 0.04 1.06 (0.86, 1.32) 0.58
Gender
Female (n=365) 57 (15.6) Reference Reference
Male (n=298) 27 (9.1) 0.50 (0.33, 0.74) .0006 0.54 (0.34, 0.86) 0.009
Race/Ethnicity
White (n=372) 45 (12.1) Reference
Others (n=291) 39 (13.4) 1.20 (0.63, 2.29) 0.59
History of
Stroke/TIA (n=233) 37 (15.9) 1.69 (1.18, 2.41) 0.004 1.51 (1.10, 2.06) 0.01
MI (n=53) 6 (11.3) 0.86 (0.36, 2.05) 0.73
CAD (n=108) 13 (12.0) 0.91 (0.47, 1.74) 0.77
CHF (n=81) 10 (12.4) 0.99 (0.52, 1.87) 0.98
Valve Prosthesis (n=15) 1 (6.7) 0.47 (0.09, 2.35) 0.36
Hypertension (n=461) 64 (13.9) 1.49 (1.05, 2.12) 0.02 1.27 (0.87, 1.86) 0.21
Dyslipidemia (n=210) 30 (14.3) 1.19 (0.76, 1.84) 0.45
Diabetes Mellitus (n=166) 23 (13.9) 1.14 (0.65, 1.97) 0.65
Dementia (n=42) 3 (7.1) 0.54 (0.14, 2.02) 0.36
Atrial Fibrillation (n=129) 25 (19.4) 1.94 (1.28, 2.95) 0.002
Current Atrial Fibrillation (n=160) 31 (19.4) 2.01 (1.19, 3.40) 0.009 1.74 (0.92, 3.27) 0.09
Academic Ctr. (n=225) 37 (16.4) 1.59 (0.89, 2.85) 0.12

TIA=transient ischemic attack; MI=myocardial infarction; CAD=coronary artery disease; CHF=congestive heart failure; Ctr=center