Table 4.
Statistical correlation between endogenous variables and microbial growth in urine cultures (HPF = high power field).
| Estimation | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endog. Variable | Bacteria Growth | |||||||
| Predictors | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE |
| Intercept | 0.11 *** | 0.48 | 0.07 *** | 0.53 | 0.09 *** | 0.50 | 0.11 *** | 0.49 |
| Age in yrs | 1.03 *** | 0.01 | 1.03 *** | 0.01 | 1.03 *** | 0.01 | 1.03 *** | 0.01 |
| Sex (0: male, 1: female) | 2.88 * | 0.61 | 3.84 ** | 0.66 | 2.31 | 0.63 | 2.52 | 0.63 |
| Age * Sex | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| Pus cells/HPF | 1.05 *** | 0.01 | ||||||
| Epithelial cells/HPF | 1.07 ** | 0.03 | ||||||
| Red blood cells(HPF) | 1.01 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Observations | 333 | 320 | 322 | 322 | ||||
| R2 Tjur | 0.070 | 0.164 | 0.090 | 0.078 | ||||
* p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01; OR: Odds ratio; SE: standard error; yrs: years; endog.: endogenous.