. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 5.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2018 Apr 4;141(5):e20173006. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-3006

TABLE 3.

Association Between Sex, Uropathogen, Etiology of Neurogenic Bladder, and Leukocyte Esterase

Predictors	Cultures ≥ 10 000 CFU/mL		Cultures ≥ 100 000 CFU/mL
Predictors	Odds of Leukocyte Esterase Greater Than Trace	95% CI	Odds of Leukocyte Esterase Greater Than Trace	95% CI
Sex
Female	Reference	—	Reference	—
Male	1.44^a	(1.16–1.80)^a	1.33^a	(1.15 – 1.80)^a
Uropathogen
E coli	Ref	Ref	—	—
P aeruginosa	1.53	(0.97 – 2.51)	1.74	(0.96 – 3.35)
S saprophyticus	1.56	(0.22 – 31.07)	^b	—
Enterococcus species	0.63^a	(0.47 – 0.86)^a	0.45^a	(0.31 – 0.64)^a
Klebsiella species	0.84	(0.61 – 1.16)	0.94	(0.66 – 1.34)
Proteus species	3.14^a	(1.67 – 6.60)^a	3.40^a	(1.68 – 7.85)^a
Enterobacter species	1.04	(0.63 – 1.77)	0.84	(0.50 – 1.42)
Other	0.97	(0.73 – 1.28)	1.20	(0.86 – 1.68)
Etiology of neurogenic bladder
Myelomeningocele	Reference	—	Reference	—
Anorectal malformation	1.33	(0.92 – 1.94)	1.32	(0.86 – 2.09)
Tethered cord	1.19	(0.81 – 1.75)	1.53	(0.97 – 2.46)
Bladder exstrophy	1.03	(0.49 – 2.41)	2.28	(0.83 – 8.06)
Cloacal malformation	1.49^a	(1.01 – 2.25)^a	1.85^a	(1.10 – 3.24)^a
Spinal cord injury	0.41^a	(0.18 – 0.97)^a	1.12	(0.50 – 2.62)
Eagle-Barrett syndrome	1.95	(0.64 – 8.45)	2.62	(0.47 – 49.49)
Other	1.19	(0.94 – 1.50)	1.11	(0.86 – 1.45)
Presence of mitrofanoff	1.80^a	(1.40 – 2.31)^a	1.93^a	(1.42 – 2.66)^a
Presence of hydronephrosis	1.06	(0.55 – 2.17)	1.23	(0.56 – 3.02)
Presence of VUR	2.32^a	(1.77 – 3.07)^a	3.25^a	(2.33 – 4.62)^a

—, not applicable.

Indicates statistical significance.

Unable to be computed because of a small sample size.