Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristic of study participants in relation to UTI
| Characteristics | No. tested (%) | Positive No. (%) | Negative No. (%) | Chi-square | p | |
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| Sex | Male | 149 (49.06) | 25 (16.78) | 124 (83.22) | 14.11 | 0.000 |
| Female | 161 (51.94) | 57 (35.40) | 104 (64.60%) | |||
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| Age in years | 2–6 | 54 (17.42) | 16 (26.63) | 38 (70.37) | 2.53 | 0.283 |
| 7–12 | 163 (52.58) | 37 (22.67) | 126 (77.33) | |||
| 13–18 | 93 (30) | 29 (31.18) | 64 (68.82) | |||
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| Residence | Urban | 160 (51.61) | 43 (26.88) | 117 (73.12) | 0.155 | 0.694 |
| Rural | 150 (48.39) | 39 (26) | 111 (74) | |||
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| Previous episodes of UTI | Yes | 96 (30) | 39 (40.6) | 57 (59.40) | 13.776 | 0.000 |
| No | 214 (70) | 43 (21) | 171 (79) | |||
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| Previous catheterization | Yes | 15 (4.84) | 11 (73.33) | 4 (16.77) | 15.19 | 0.000 |
| No | 295 (95.16) | 71 (24.07) | 224 (75.93) | |||
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| Presence of malnutrition | Yes | 75 (24.20) | 33 (44) | 42 (56) | 14.67 | 0.000 |
| No | 235 (75.80) | 49 (20.85) | 186 (79.15) | |||