Table 4 Predictors of antibiotic prescribing
Variable | Was Antibiotic Prescribed? | Bivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No n (%) | Yes n (%) | COR (95% CI) | p-value* | |
Age |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  < 15 | 65 (24.4) | 138 (45.1) | 2.68 (1.60–4.50) | < 0.001 |
 15 to 64 | 153 (57.5) | 130 (42.5) | 1.07 (0.66–1.74) | 0.775 |
 65 and above | 48 (18) | 38 (12.4) | Ref. |  |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 91 (32.5) | 142 (45.1) | 1.71 (1.22–2.38) | 0.002 |
 Female | 189 (67.5) | 173 (54.9) | Ref. |  |
No of medicines prescribed | Â | Â | 0.025 | |
 1 to 2 | 249 (88.3) | 248 (78.0) | Ref. |  |
 3 to 4 | 32 (11.3) | 65 (20.4) | 2.04 (1.29–3.23) | 0.002 |
 5 or more | 1 (0.4) | 5 (1.6) | 5.02 (0.58–43.28) | 0.142 |