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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Nov;35(11):1266–1268. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001301

Table.

Predictors of infection with an organism other than E. coli; unadjusted, clinical* and association* models

Unadjusted Clinical Model Association model



n/N % Non-E. coli Odds ratio (CI) P Odds ratio (CI)* P* Odds ratio (CI)* P*



Age (months)
  2–11 34/374 9 Ref Ref Ref
  12–23 5/136 4 0.4 (0.2, 1.0) 0.05 0.4 (0.2, 1.2) 0.10 0.4 (0.2, 1.2) 0.11
  24–35 14/89 16 1.9 (1.0, 3.7) 0.07 1.6 (0.7, 3.7) 0.29 1.6 (0.7, 3.8) 0.27
  36–72 17/170 10 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 0.74 0.8 (0.2, 2.6) 0.66 0.7 (0.2, 2.5) 0.61
Race
  White 58/596 10 Ref Ref Ref
  Non-White 12/173 7 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.26 0.6 (0.3, 1.1) 0.11 0.6 (0.3, 1.2) 0.12
Gender
  Female 58/703 8 Ref Ref Ref
  Uncircumcised Male 7/45 16 2.1 (0.9, 4.8) 0.10 1.6 (0.6, 4.6) 0.35 1.7 (0.6, 4.8) 0.35
  Circumcised Male 5/21 24 3.5 (1.2, 9.8) 0.02 5.5 (1.8, 17.1) 0.003 5.3 (1.7, 16.9) 0.005
Ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic 54/663 8 Ref Ref Ref
  Hispanic 16/106 15 2.0 (1.1, 3.7) 0.02 2.3 (1.1, 4.6) 0.02 2.4 (1.2, 4.8) 0.02
Bladder Bowel Dysfunction
  No 10/84 12 Ref Ref Ref
  Yes 10/95 11 0.9 (0.3, 2.2) 0.77 0.8 (0.3, 2.2) 0.67 0.8 (0.3, 2.1) 0.65
  Not toilet trained 50/590 8 0.7 (0.3, 1.4) 0.30 0.7 (0.2, 2.4) 0.58 0.6 (0.2, 2.1) 0.45
Courses of antimicrobials in the
preceding 6 months
  0 31/399 8 Ref Ref Ref
  1 22/229 10 1.3 (0.7, 2.2) 0.43 1.3 (0.7, 2.5) 0.36 1.3 (0.7, 2.5) 0.38
  ≥2 17/141 12 1.6 (0.9, 3.0) 0.13 1.6 (0.8, 3.2) 0.16 1.8 (0.9, 3.4) 0.11
Number of previous UTIs
  0 60/700 9 Ref Ref Ref
  1 10/69 14 1.8 (0.9, 3.7) 0.11 1.6 (0.7, 3.5) 0.28 1.5 (0.7, 3.4) 0.33
VUR Grade
  No VUR 12/186 6 0.9 (0.4, 1.8) N/A* 1.2 (0.5, 2.9) 0.67
  Grades I or II 23/314 7 Ref
  Grades III or IV 35/269 13 1.9 (1.1, 3.3) N/A* 2.2 (1.2, 4.1) <0.01
Fever
  No 11/46 24 3.8 (1.8, 8.0) 0.0004 2.8 (1.2, 6.6) 0.02 3.3 (1.4, 7.8) 0.008
  Yes 49/644 8 Ref Ref Ref
  Unknown 10/79 13 1.8 (0.9, 3.6) 0.13 1.4 (0.6, 3.3) 0.43 1.4 (0.6, 3.3) 0.44
Site
  Pittsburgh 20/273 7 Ref Ref Ref
  Philadelphia 6/89 7 0.9(0.4, 2.4) 0.85 1.0 (0.4, 2.7) 0.98 1.0 (0.4, 2.8) 0.94
  Washington DC 4/77 5 0.7 (0.2, 2.1) 0.52 0.6 (0.2, 1.9) 0.35 0.5 (0.2, 1.8) 0.30
  Baltimore 7/78 9 1.3 (0.5, 3.1) 0.63 1.2 (0.4, 3.1) 0.76 1.0 (0.3, 2.7) 0.94
  Michigan 14/106 13 1.9 (0.9, 4.0) 0.08 2.1 (0.9, 4.7) 0.08 1.7 (0.7, 4.2) 0.23
  New York 19/146 13 1.9 (1.0, 3.7) 0.06 1.8 (0.9, 3.6) 0.13 1.6 (0.7, 3.6) 0.27

Ref, reference category.

*

The clinical model adjusted for age, race, ethnicity, gender, BBD, fever, site, number of previous UTIs, and previous antibiotic. The association model adjusted for all of the variables in the clinical model plus vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).