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. 2019 May 15;13(5):e0007312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007312

Table 2. Association of demographical, seasonal and premorbid illnesses with clinical characteristics in study population.

Variables (N = 199) Bacteremia
(n = 97)
Pulmonary
(n = 71)
Neurological (n = 22) Sepsis (n = 50) Localized
(n = 30)
OA & DOA#
(n = 36)
Age groups in yrs
<18 (14)
19–50 (99)
>51 (86)
p-value
OR (95%CI)*

5 (35.7)
43 (43.4)
49 (57)
0.111
1.72(0.96–3.09)

5 (35.7)
35 (35.4)
31 (36)
0.995
0.97(0.53–1.77)

0
14 (14.1)
8 (9.3)
0.227
1.60(0.63–4.03)

2 (14.3)
24 (24.2)
24 (27.2)
0.530
1.21(0.62–2.33)

4 (28.6)
17 (17.2)
9 (10.5)
0.153
1.77(0.74–4.21)

4 (28.6)
18 (18.2)
14 (16.3)
0.541
1.14(0.53–2.46)
Gender
Male (153)
Female (46)
p-value
OR (95% CI)*

73 (47.7)
24 (52.2)
0.596
0.83 (0.43–1.61)

53 (34.6)
18 (39.1)
0.577
1.21(0.61–2.39)

17 (11.1)
5 (10.9)
0.963
0.97(0.33–2.80)

34 (22.2)
16 (34.8)
0.085
0.53(0.26–1.09)

22 (14.4)
8 (17.4)
0.617
1.25(0.51–3.04)

32 (20.9)
4 (8.7)
0.059
0.36(0.12–1.07)
Season
Monsoon (148)
Dry (51)
p-value
OR (95% CI)*

78 (52.7)
19 (37.3)
0.057
1.87(0.97–3.60)

56 (37.8)
15 (29.4)
0.279
0.68(0.34–1.36)

17 (11.5)
5 (9.8)
0.741
0.83(0.29–2.39)

41 (27.7)
9 (17.6)
0.153
1.78(0.80–3.99)

22 (14.9)
8 (15.7)
0.888
1.06(0.44–2.56)

23 (15.5)
13 (25.5)
0.111
1.85(0.86–4.01)
Diabetes mellitus
Yes (124)
No (75)
p-value
OR (95% CI)*

61 (49.2)
36 (48)
0.870
1.04(0.59–1.86)

49 (39.5)
22 (29.3)
0.146
0.63(0.34–1.17)

14 (11.3)
8 (10.7)
0.892
0.93(0.37–2.35)

36 (29)
14 (18.7)
0.102
1.78(0.88–3.58)

18 (14.5)
12 (16)
0.777
1.12(0.57–1.50)

26 (21)
10 (13.3)
0.175
0.58(0.26–1.28)
Renal dysfunction
Yes (27)
No (172)
p-value
OR (95% CI)*

20 (74.1)
77 (44.8)
0.005
3.52(1.41–8.77)

15 (55.6)
56 (32.6)
0.02
0.38(0.17–0.88)

0
22 (100)
0.049
0.84(0.79–0.90)

18 (66.7)
32 (18.6)
<0.001
8.75(3.60–21.25)

3 (11.1)
27 (15.7)
0.773
1.49(0.41–5.29)

5 (18.5)
31 (18)
1.00
0.96(0.34–2.75)

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* Crudes Odds Ratio is reported for all the variables

p value was calculated using Chi square or Fisher’s exact test.