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. 2016 Jan 29;11(1):e0147544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147544

Table 2. Risk Factors for Acquiring HAI in ICU.

Risk factors No. of patients (total = 2618), n Patients with HAI (total = 424), n (%) Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Gender
Male 1656 271 (16.4) 1.03 (0.83–1.28) 0.758 1.22 (0.94–1.59) 0.137
Female 962 153 (15.9) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Age group
18–60 years 1344 202 (15.0) Reference Reference
> 60 years 1274 222 (17.4) 1.19 (0.97–1.47) 0.097 1.17 (0.90–1.52) 0.233
Missing 0 141
Location of patients at admission to ICU
Community and others 1352 144 (10.7) Reference Reference
Same hospital 655 171 (26.1) 2.96 (2.32–3.79) < 0.001 1.49 (1.09–2.04) 0.013
Other hospital 507 109 (21.5) 2.30 (1.75–3.02) < 0.001 1.23 (0.87–1.72) 0.239
Missing 104 141
Reason for admission
Medical disease 1029 120 (11.7) Reference Reference
Infectious disease 1106 214 (19.3) 1.82 (1.43–2.31) < 0.001 0.91 (0.67–1.23) 0.536
Surgery 368 90 (24.5) 2.45 (1.81–3.32) < 0.001 0.73 (0.45–1.19) 0.214
Missing 115 141
Comorbidity
No comorbidity 1560 250 (16.0) Reference Reference
Have comorbidity 972 171 (17.6) 1.12 (0.90–1.38) 0.303 0.90 (0.70–1.17) 0.445
Missing 86 141
Surgery after admission
Non surgery 2009 219 (10.9) Reference Reference
Minor surgery 252 93 (36.9) 4.78 (3.57–6.40) < 0.001 1.67 (1.16–2.41) 0.005
Major surgery 354 112 (31.6) 3.78 (2.90–4.93) < 0.001 1.66 (1.06–2.58) 0.025
Missing 3 141
Intubation
Yes 1252 346 (27.6) 6.31 (4.86–8.18) < 0.001 2.76 (2.03–3.75) < 0.001
No 1366 78 (5.7) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Central vascular catheter
Yes 693 197 (28.4) 2.97 (2.39–3.68) < 0.001 1.47 (1.05–2.06) 0.026
No 1925 227 (11.8) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Urinary catheter
Yes 1226 312 (25.4) 3.90 (3.09–4.92) < 0.001 2.12 (1.57–2.87) < 0.001
No 1392 112 (8.0) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Hemodialysis
Yes 203 51 (25.1) 1.84 (1.31–2.57) < 0.001 1.34 (0.87–2.08) 0.188
No 2415 373 (15.4) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Peripheral vascular catheter
Yes 2202 321 (14.6) 0.52 (0.40–0.67) < 0.001 1.47 (1.02–2.12) 0.037
No 416 103 (24.8) Reference Reference
Missing 0 141
Family involved patient care
Yes 1717 190 (11.1) Reference Reference
No 901 234 (26.0) 2.82 (2.28–3.48) < 0.001 1.94 (1.49–2.51) < 0.001
Missing 0 141
Each day longer from ICU admission to survey time
In analysis 2513 424 (16.9) 1.08 (1.07–1.10) < 0.001 1.08 (1.07–1.10) < 0.001
Missing 105 141
For multivariate regression analysis:
  • Omnibus test of model coefficients: -2 Log likelihood 1720.120, Chi-square (538.055, df 16, p < 0.001)
  • Nagelkerke R-Square: 0.326
  • Hosmer & Lemeshow test (Chi-square 10.592, df 8, p = 0.226)
  • Classification accuracy: 85.3% (97.0% for no HAI, 28.0% for HAI, with cut value is 0.50).