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. 2022 May 9;15:2427–2443. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S367510

Table 2.

Association of Socio-Demographic Factors with Orthopedic Surgical Site Infection at Arba Minch General Hospital

Variables Category Culture Result COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P-value
Positive (%) Negative (%)
Sex Male 45 (62.5) 120 (69.4) 0.736 (0.414–1.310) 0.682 (0.341–1.364) 0.279
Female 27 (37.5) 53 (30.6) 1 1
Age ≥18 12 (16.7) 24 (13.9) 1.437 (0.497–4.157) 1.689 (0.460–6.198) 0.429
19–38 32 (44.4) 78 (45.1) 1.179 (0.478–2.912) 1.606 (0.530–4.868) 0.403
39–58 20 (27.8) 48 (27.7) 1.198 (0.459–3.125) 1.750 (0.539–5.679) 0.351
59–78 8 (11.1) 23 (13.3) 1 1
Education Illiterate 1 (1.4) 7 (4.0) 2.597 (0.303–22.276)
Primary 23 (31.9) 62 (35.8) 3.212 (0.382–27.008)
Secondary 39 (54.2) 85 (49.1) 3.316 (0.353–31.158)
College & above 9 (12.5) 19 (11.0) 1
Residence Urban 34 (47.2) 72 (41.6) 1 1
Rural 38 (52.8) 101 (58.4) 1.255 (0.722–2.181) 0.664 (0.341–1.293) 0.228
Occupation Farmer 10 (13.9) 38 (22.0) 1 1
Housewife 6 (8.3) 13 (7.5) 1.754 (0.532–5.777) 0.356
Student 19 (26.4) 47 (27.2) 1.536 (0.639–3.693) 0.337
Merchant 16 (22.2) 36 (20.8) 1.689 (0.678–4.205) 0.260
Employee 13 (18.1) 20 (11.6) 2.470 (0.921–6.623) 0.072
Driver 8 (11.1) 19 (11.0) 1.600 (0.543–4.714) 0.394

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CL, confidence interval.