Table 3.
Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Bacterial Infections from Sterile Body Fluids at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021
| Bivariant Analysis | Multivariable Analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Category | Culture Growth N (%) | COR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (CI 95%) | P-value | |
| Yes | No | ||||||
| Gender | Male | 23(17.7) | 107(82.3) | 1.23(0.56, 2.69) | 0.60 | ||
| Female® | 11(15) | 63(85) | |||||
| Residence | Rural | 24(17.8) | 111(82.2) | 1.27(0.57, 2.85) | 0.55 | ||
| Urban® | 10(14.5) | 59(85.5) | |||||
| Age group | ≤20 | 11(11.5%) | 85(88.5%0 | 1.94(0.23, 16.16) | 0.54 | 2.28(0.25, 20.91) | 0.46 |
| 41–60 | 9(25.7%) | 26(74.3%) | 5.19(0.59, 45.09) | 0.135 | 5.67(0.59, 55.31) | 0.13 | |
| ≥61 | 13(22.8%) | 44(77.2%) | 4.43(0.53, 36.80) | 0.168 | 5.62(0.61, 51.97) | 0.13 | |
| 21–40® | 1(6.3%) | 15(93.7%) | |||||
| Patient type | Inpatient | 21(22.8%) | 71(77.2%) | 2.25(1.058, 4.796) | 0.035 | 3.59(1.52, 8.51) | 0.004* |
| Outpatient® | 13(11.6%) | 99(88.4%) | |||||
| Specimen type | Synovial | – | 3 (100) | Fisher’s exact test F-test=0.68 | P=0.89 | ||
| Plueral | 12(19.7) | 49 (80.3) | |||||
| Ascites | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | |||||
| CSF | 17(16) | 89(84) | |||||
| Appearance of specimen | Turbid | 19(26.8%) | 52(73.2%) | 4.20(1.72, 10.27) | 0.002 | 4.35(1.67, 11.29) | 0.003* |
| Bloody | 2(13.3%) | 13(86.7%) | 1.77(0.34, 9.26) | 0.499 | 1.37(0.25, 7.5) | 0.714 | |
| Other | 5(27.8%) | 13(72.2%) | 4.42(1.27, 15.59) | 0.021 | 3.66(0.96, 13.9) | 0.058 | |
| Clear ® | 8(8%) | 92(92%) | |||||
Note: *Statistically significant.
Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ®, reference category.