Table 3. Multivariate analysis for each bacteria.

Factor	a. MSSA			b. Alpha-hemolytic streptococci
	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age	1.007	0.975–1.041	0.671	1.049	1.001–1.100	0.044*
Sex (male)	0.803	0.432–1.494	0.489	1.287	0.613–2.704	0.505
Hypertension	0.971	0.513–1.837	0.928	1.473	0.665–3.261	0.340
Diabetes	1.673	0.683–4.096	0.260	2.189	0.972–4.930	0.059
Oral steroids	0.648	0.147–2.852	0.566	2.665	0.582–12.200	0.207
Lacrimal duct obstruction	0.703	0.158–3.116	0.642	2.227	0.485–10.231	0.303
Glaucoma eye drops	0.685	0.274–1.709	0.417	1.898	0.677–5.325	0.223
Visit history to ophthalmic facilities	0.954	0.465–1.957	0.898	0.749	0.328–1.714	0.494
Surgical history in other departments	1.089	0.326–3.639	0.889	0.349	0.046–2.621	0.306
	c. Enterococcus faecalis			d.Gram-negative bacilli
	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age	1.077	1.029–1.128	0.002**	1.026	0.991–1.062	0.144
Sex (male)	0.795	0.387–1.631	0.531	1.098	0.609–1.981	0.756
Hypertension	0.891	0.443–1.793	0.747	1.355	0.735–2.497	0.330
Diabetes	1.682	0.753–3.758	0.205	1.496	0.755–2.967	0.249
Oral steroids	0.882	0.114–6.806	0.904	3.294	1.071–10.134	0.038*
Lacrimal duct obstruction	1.468	0.326–6.610	0.617	4.745	1.778–12.665	0.002**
Glaucoma eye drops	0.772	0.225–2.651	0.680	0.752	0.258–2.188	0.600
Visit history to ophthalmic facilities	0.954	0.444–2.050	0.903	1.074	0.553–2.086	0.834
Surgical history in other departments	1.372	0.464–4.061	0.567	1.604	0.649–3.964	0.306
	e. Corynebacterium species			f. MS-CNS
	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age	1.042	1.027–1.057	0.000**	0.993	0.978–1.008	0.355
Sex (male)	1.410	1.080–1.841	0.012*	1.580	1.163–2.147	0.003**
Hypertension	1.180	0.901–1.545	0.230	1.114	0.810–1.533	0.507
Diabetes	0.948	0.684–1.313	0.747	1.125	0.777–1.630	0.532
Oral steroids	1.121	0.525–2.392	0.768	0.725	0.270–1.946	0.523
Lacrimal duct obstruction	1.196	0.570–2.509	0.636	0.951	0.380–2.382	0.915
Glaucoma eye drops	0.457	0.288–0.727	0.001**	0.621	0.346–1.114	0.110
Visit history to ophthalmic facilities	1.100	0.818–1.479	0.530	0.935	0.665–1.316	0.701
Surgical history in other departments	1.148	0.705–1.868	0.579	0.495	0.248–0.988	0.046*
	g. MR-CNS
	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age	1.004	0.984–1.025	0.667
Sex (male)	0.970	0.660–1.425	0.877
Hypertension	1.010	0.683–1.492	0.961
Diabetes	1.111	0.699–1.766	0.656
Oral steroids	3.651	1.628–8.185	0.002**
Lacrimal duct obstruction	1.922	0.788–4.685	0.151
Glaucoma eye drops	1.209	0.671–2.178	0.528
Visit history to ophthalmic facilities	1.650	1.032–2.639	0.037*
Surgical history in other departments	2.800	1.592–4.923	0.000**

Logistic regression analysis.

*P<0.05, **P<0.01.