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. 2019 May 20;7:e6935. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6935

Table 4. Risk factors and outcome for ICU candiduria patients.

Characteristic for ICU patients Candiduria (n, %) Non-candiduria (n, %) Single-factor logistic regression analysis Multi-factor logistic regression analysis
P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI)
Risk factors
APACHE II score (median, interquartile range) 17 (12–23) 13 (9–16) 0.001* 1.109 (1.047–1.175) 0.774 0.932 (0.576–1.507)
>60 years 28 (73.68) 90 (70.31) 0.561 1.273 (0.564–2.870) 0.911 1.051 (0.437–2.532)
Presence of catheter 22 (57.89) 41 (32.03) 0.004* 3.025 (1.437–6.369) 0.006* 3.161 (1.385–7.212)
Antibiotics 33 (86.84) 109 (85.16) 0.795 1.150 (0.399–3.318) 0.633 0.749 (0.228–2.456)
Parenteral nutrition 23 (60.53) 69 (53.91) 0.665 1.176 (0.566–2.444) 0.965 0.981 (0.417–2.308)
Immunosuppressive treatment 2 (5.26) 3 (2.34) 0.368 2.315 (0.372–14.390) 0.883 1.192 (0.115–12.377)
Abdominal surgery 4 (10.52) 7 (5.47) 0.377 1.765 (0.501–6.216) 0.366 1.902 (0.472–7.664)
Renal failure 19 (50.0) 38 (29.69) 0.057 2.054 (0.980–4.303) 0.077 2.203 (0.917–5.291)
Diabetes 14 (36.84) 35 (27.34) 0.262 1.550 (0.721–3.332) 0.473 1.372 (0.579–3.251)
Malignancy 6 (15.79) 12 (9.38) 0.269 1.812 (0.631–5.207) 0.098 3.348 (0.801–13.996)
Outcome
Dead in hospital 13 (34.21) 13 (10.16) 0.001* 4.600 (1.904–11.113)
Discharge 25 (65.79) 115 (89.84)

Notes.

*

P value < 0.05.