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. 2012 Aug 9;7(4):559–566. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00418.x

Table 5.

Crude and adjusted odds ratio of patient characteristics by infection status using no infection as the reference (n = 1014)*

Patient characteristics Number of patients 
n = 1014 Single infection 
n = 512 (50·2%) Co‐infection 
n = 156 (15·3%)
n (%) Crude OR 
OR (95%CI) Adjusted 
OR (95%CI) n (%) Crude OR 
OR (95%CI) Adjusted 
OR (95%CI)
Age category (years)
 65+ 62 15 (24·2) 1·00 1·00 9 (14·5) 1·00 1·00
 0–4 102 51 (50·0) 4·61 (2·16–9·81)* 4·83 (2·22–10·48)* 23 (22·6) 3·46 (1·39–8·63)* 4·38 (1·64–11·67)*
 5–14 197 115 (58·4) 6·62 (3·31–13·21)* 7·03 (3·44–14·35)* 38 (19·3) 3·64 (1·56–8·50)* 4·79 (1·91–12·03)*
 15–29 283 148 (52·3) 4·41 (2·29–8·48)* 4·56 (2·32–8·96)* 50 (17·7) 2·48 (1·10–5·56)* 3·32 (1·38–7·98)*
 30–54 297 145 (48·8) 3·03 (1·59–5·78)* 3·01 (1·56–5·80)* 31 (10·4) 1·08 (0·47–2·47) 1·32 (0·55 –3·18)
 55–64 77 38 (49·4) 2·83 (1·32–6·02)* 2·83 (1·32–6·07)* 5 (6·5) 0·62 (0·18–2·03) 0·73 (0·21–2·49)
Sex
 Male 419 209 (49·9) 1·00 1·00 67 (16·0) 1·00 1·00
 Female 599 303 (50·6) 0·99 (0·75–1·31) 0·86 (0·64–1·15) 89 (14·8) 1·08 (0·74–1·59) 0·82 (0·55–1·23)
Chronic condition
 N 795 412 (51·8) 1·00 116 (14·6) 1·00
 Y 219 98 (44·8) 0·77 (0·55–1·07) 1·02 (0·71–1·45) 39 (17·8) 1·09 (0·70–1·69) 1·56 (0·98–2·51)*
Time to specimen collection (days)
 3–7 days 436 230 (52·7) 1·00 1·00 48 (11·0) 1·00 1·00
 0–2 days 582 282 (48·5) 1·00 (0·76–1·32) 0·93 (0·68–1·21) 108 (18·6) 1·85 (1·24–2·76)* 1·66 (1·12–2·50)*

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

*Four patients were missing chronic condition information and were removed from the adjusted multinomial logistic regression model.