Table 2.
Predictors of urinary tract infection among children who visited pediatric outpatient department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital between May and September 2015.
| Variable | No UTI | UTI | p-value | Crude OR(95% | Adjusted OR | |
| (total patients) | N (%) | N (%) | CI) | (95% CI) | ||
| Age, mean(SD) (n=269) | 4.85(3.88) | 4.78(3.53) | 0.903 | 1.01(0.93–1.08) | ||
| Sex (n=269) | 0.113 | |||||
| Male | 69(67.0) | 34(33.0) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Female | 126(75.9) | 40(24.1) | 0.113 | 0.64(0.41–1.02) | ||
| Residence (n=269) | ||||||
| Rural | 95(63.8) | 54(36.2) | 0.000 | 2.84(1.74–4.64)* | 0.97 (0.46–2.03) | |
| Urban | 100(83.3) | 20(16.7) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Previous history of UTI (n=269) | ||||||
| No | 152(73.1) | 56(26.9) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Unknown | 30(73.2) | 11(26.8) | 0.990 | 1.0(0.53–1.88) | ||
| Yes | 13(65.0) | 7(53.0) | 0.443 | 1.46(0.65–3.29) | ||
| Under-nutrition (n=269) | ||||||
| Yes | 10(32.3) | 21(67.7) | 0.000 | 7.33(3.71–14.50)* | 5.41(2.64–11.07) | |
| No | 185(77.7) | 53(22.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Previous antibiotic intake (n=269) | ||||||
| No | 54(29.7) | 128(70.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Unknown | 5(31.2) | 11(68.8) | 0.985 | 1.07(0.43–0.55) | ||
| Yes | 15(21.1) | 56(78.9) | 0.172 | 0.63(0.37–1.10) | ||
| Previous hospital admission (n=269) | ||||||
| Yes | 20(62.5) | 12(37.5) | 0.181 | 0.59(0.31–1.13) | ||
| No | 175(73.8) | 62(26.2) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Circumcision in boys (n=166) | ||||||
| Yes | 43(91.5) | 4(8.5) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 83(69.7) | 36(30.3) | 0.006 | 4.66(2.00–13.02)* | 3.70(1.34–10.16) | |
UTI: urinary tract infection,
*
p-value :< 0.05