Table 3.

Factors associated with vesicoureteral reflux in children with imperforate anus of high- position varieties.

	Imperforate anus
	High-position
Variable	OR∗	(95% CI)
Gender (male vs female)	1.55	(0.64, 3.76)
CAKUT(except VUR) (present vs absent)	7.44	(1.29, 43.0)†
Hydronephrosis (present vs absent)	13.4	(4.78, 37.5)§
UTI (present vs absent)	29.8	(3.90, 228.2)‡
Infection of kidney (present vs absent)	31.1	(4.07, 238.0)‡
Chromosomal anomaly (present vs absent)	0.93	(0.18, 4.75)
CAKUT(except VUR) and UTI (present vs absent)	15.0	(1.61, 140.6)§	–	–

^∗Adjusted for sex and age.

^†P < .05.

^‡P < .01.

^§P < .001.

95% CI = 95% confidence intervals, CAKUT (except VUR) = congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract excepted those with vesicourethral reflux, IA = imperforate anus, OR = odds ratios, UTI = urinary tract infection.