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Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Oct 26;99(2):219–225. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.005

Table 2.

Predictors of antibiotic use for ASB

	Univariate		Multivariate
Variable	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Age	1.06 (1.02–1.09)	<.01^*	1.05 (1.01–1.09)	<.01^†
Sex	1.09 (0.25–4.76)	.91	NT
Ethnicity	0.78 (0.39–1.57)	.41	NT
AIS classification	1.14 (0.50–2.58)	.76	NT
Bladder management	2.31 (0.72–7.42)	.27	NT
Urine WBCs	1.00 (1.00–1.01)	.10	NT
LE positive	8.71 (1.11–68.22)	.04^*	4.88 (0.57–41.83)	.15
Nitrite positive	2.44 (1.22–4.88)	.01^*	2.78 (1.31–5.90)	<.01^†
UPO on culture	3.42 (1.69–6.89)	<.01^*	2.92 (1.38–6.18)	<.01^†

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; LE, leukocyte esterase; NT, not tested; OR, odds ratio; UPO, urease-producing organism (such as Proteus species).

Significant in univariate analysis.

^†

Significant in multivariate analysis.