Table 4.

Risk factors for candidemia among cancer patients

Risk factors	OR	95% CI	p value
Age > = 65 years old	0.989	0.502–1.947	0.974
Surgery	1.097	0.348–3.455	0.874
Central venous catheters >7 days	1.64	0.729–3.689	0.232
Total parenteral nutrition >5 days	2.515	1.060–5.966	0.036
Urinary catheter >2 days	5.105	1.913–13.626	0.001
Nasogastric tube >3 days	1.024	0.423–2.480	0.958
Distant organ metastasis of cancer	3.610	1.578–8.263	0.002
Gastrointestinal cancer	2.189	1.029–4.657	0.042
Medicine ward	1.107	0.435–2.816	0.830
Previous antibiotics explore	1.242	0.401–3.847	0.707

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval