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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses for risk factors associated with carriage of CPB

From: Risk factors for colonization by carbapenemase-producing bacteria in Spanish long-term care facilities: a multicentre point-prevalence study

Variable

OR (95% CI) univariate

P value

OR (95%CI) multivariate

P value

Male (sex)

1.76 (1.07–2.89)

0.025

1.86 (1.11–3.11)

0.018

Active infection

1.91 (1.08–3.35)

0.025

  

Urinary incontinence

1.98 (1.02–3.85)

0.044

  

Faecal incontinence

2.04 (1.15–3.59)

0.014

  

Health requirement

Low

Reference

 

Reference

 

Medium

3.41 (1–11.67)

0.050

3.78 (1.09–13.04)

0.036

High

5.50 (1.68–18)

0.005

6.32 (1.91–20.92)

0.003

Previous antibiotic use

1.68 (1.02–2.74)

0.040

  

Prior hospital admission

3.41 (1.60–7.27)

0.002

3.60 (1.59–8.15)

0.002

Previous MDRO colonization

1.92 (1.15–3.21)

0.013

  
  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio