Table 2.

Predictors of hospital-acquired infection after stroke: univariate and multivariate logistic analysis.

Variables	unadjusted RR (95%CI)	unadjusted P	adjusted RR (95%CI)	adjusted P
Age	1.03 (1.02–1.05)	<0.01	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	<0.01
Sex (male vs. female)	0.96 (0.58–1.57)	0.85
Smoking (yes vs. no)	1.40 (0.85–2.31)	0.19
CE (yes vs. no)	2.52 (1.38–4.59)	<0.01	–	0.72
SAO (yes vs. no)	0.53 (0.29–0.97)	0.04	–	0.11
Hypertension (yes vs. no)	1.05 (0.58–1.93)	0.86
Hyperlipidemia (yes vs. no)	0.78 (0.44–1.40)	0.41
Diabetes mellitus (yes vs. no)	1.41 (0.86–2.31)	0.17
Heart disease (yes vs. no)	2.50 (1.50–4.16)	<0.01	–	0.15
Admission NIHSS score (<10 vs. ≥10)	2.62 (1.59–4.31)	<0.01	1.9 (1.04–3.48)	0.04
Dysphagia (yes vs. no)	3.18 (1.93–5.25)	<0.001	2.17 (1.2–3.94)	0.01

CE, cardio-embolism; CI, confidence interval; SAO, small-artery occlusion; NIHSS, National Institute of Health stroke scale.