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Table 4 Risk factors associated with MDRE among UTI suspected patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, February to May 2014

From: Multidrug resistant and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients with urinary tract infection at referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Risk factors

MDRE

Bivariate analysis

Multivariable analysis

Yes (N = 160)

No (N = 23)

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Sex

 Female

106

12

1.79 (0.75 – 4.34)

0.191

4.46 (1.29 – 15.35)

0.018

 Male

54

11

1

 

1

 

Age (years)

 Mean age

38.5

13.2

1.08 (1.05 - 1.12)

<0.001

1.08 (1.03 – 1.13)

0.001

Hospitalization

 Yes

114

9

3.86 (1.56 – 9.53)

0.003

5.22 (1.59 – 17.17)

0.006

 No

46

14

1

 

1

 

Prior UTI

 

 Yes

65

4

3.25 (1.06 – 9.99)

0.040

2.41 (0.56 – 10.34)

0.239

 No

95

19

1

 

1

 

Prior antibiotic use

 Yes

129

7

9.51 (3.60 – 25.11)

< 0.001

3.98 (1.056 – 14.97)

0.041

 No

31

16

1

 

1

 
  1. Note that: COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.