Table 4.

Independent risk factors associated with the three most frequently isolated Candida spp. (n = 151).

	C. albicans (n = 67)			C. parapsilosis (n = 51)			C. glabrata (n = 19)
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Age				0.98	0.97–1.0	0.011	1.05	1.01–1.08	0.011
Diabetes mellitus (21)	4.21	1.48–12.3	0.007
Total parenteral nutrition (53)	0.38	0.15–0.97	0.042				5.09	1.24–20.84	0.024
Invasive mechanical ventilation (64)	2.17	0.88–5.40	0.094				0.20	0.05–0.86	0.030
Central venous catheter (126)	0.40	0.16–1.05	0.063	6.07	1.60–23.01	0.008

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval; the cut-off p value for variables selected in the backward stepwise logistic regression was 0.10.; patients with mixed infections were not included in the analysis.