Clinical Study
Prevalence and Predictors of Urinary Tract Infections among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Makurdi, Nigeria
Table 6
Predictors of UTI among the children with cerebral palsy.
| | Variable | UTI | Univariate | | Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | OR | P value | 95% CI |
| | Age in years | | | | | | | ≤5 years | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100.0) | NA | | >5 years | 20 (51.3) | 19 (48.7) | | GMD Type | | | | | | | Mild | 2 (6.7) | 28 (93.3) | 54.81 | 0.014 | 2.27–1324.00 | | Moderate to severe | 18 (81.8) | 4 (18.2) | | Haematuria | | | | | | | NO | 10 (25.6) | 29 (74.4) | 53.18 | 0.188 | 0.14–19600.00 | | YES | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | | Pyuria | | | | | | | NO | 12 (30.8) | 27 (69.2) | 2.39 | 0.714 | 0.02–250.23 | | YES | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | | Microscopic Pyuria | | | | | | | NO | 11 (27.5) | 29 (72.5) | 2.00 | 0.803 | 0.01–441.62 | | YES | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | | Flank pain | | | | | | | NO | 10 (28.6) | 25 (71.4) | 3.01 | 0.562 | 0.07–125.01 | | YES | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | | Dysuria | | | | | | | NO | 12 (27.3) | 32 (72.7) | NA | | YES | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Constipation | | | | | | | NO | 7 (22.6) | 24 (77.4) | 0.44 | 0.764 | 0.002–99.488 | | YES | 13 (61.9) | 8 (38.1) | | Nitrite | | | | | | | NO | 12 (30.0) | 28 (70.0) | 0.05 | 0.237 | 0.00–7.37 | | YES | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) |
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NA: Not available.
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