Table 6.

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of the risk factors for community acquired UTIs

Variable	Categories	Unadjusted OR ( 95%CL)	P- value	Adjusted OR(95% CL)	p-value
Age	Below	26	1		1
	26 and above	2.38(1.18–4.80)	0.015	2.59(1.12– 5.99)	0.025
sex	Male	1		1
	Female	2.88(1.08–7.67)	0.034	3.33 (1.11– 9.95)	0.031
Practice Douche	Yes	1
	No	0.76(0.18–3.23)	0.714
occupation	Student	1
	Self employed	0.53(0.17–1.62)	0.268
	Civil servant	1
	Not employed	0.37(0.11–1.26)	0.114
Marital status	Single	1		1
	Married	0.45(0.22–0.92)	0.030	0.29(0.13– 0.67)	0.004
More than 1 sexual partner.	Yes	1
	No	2.90(0.58–14.46)	0.194
Condom use	Yes	1
	No	0.82(0.27–2.42)	0.724
Level of education	None	1
	Primary	3.1(0.26–36.48)	0.368
	Secondary	2.72(0.23–32.00)	0.425
	Tertiary	3.55(0.28–44.88)	0.327
Antibiotics for current Uti	Yes	1
	No	1.61(0.75–3.44)	0.212
Antibiotic-use in last 30 days	Yes	1
	No	1.25(0.58–2.70)	0.565
Any chronic illnesses	Yes	1		1
	No	3.16(0.65–15.24)	0.151	2.61(0.46– 14.69)	0.275
Previous history of UTI.	Yes	1
	No	0.99(0.47–2.07))	0.985
Family member with UTI	Yes	1		1
	No	2.52(0.78–8.12)	0.121	3.56(0.99– 12.80)	0.052
Personal toilet/latrine.	Yes	1
	No	0.87(0.43–1.77)	0.708
Use of public toilet	Yes	1
	No	1.34(0.53–3.37)	0.528
Hand washing after toilet	Always	1
	Not always	1.98(0.33–11.80)	0.450
Type of toilet.	Seater	1
	Squatter	1.955(0.691–5.534)	0.206
	Latrine	1.667(0.387–7.170)	0.493