Research Article

Predictors of Urinary Tract Infections in Children and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern in the Buea Health District, South West Region, Cameroon

Table 6

Association of risk factors with urinary tract infection.

Risk factorsPositive UTI cases (%)Bivariate analysis
, ORs (95% CI)
Multivariate analysis
( value, value)

Age
 1-5 ()5 (9.6)0.777, 0.68 (0.51, 2.41)ND
 6-10 ()22 (23.2)
 11-15 ()7 (13.2)
Sex
 Male ()18 (18.6)0.385, 1.30 (0.33, 5.13)ND
 Female ()16 (15.5)
Previous UTIs, 3 (15.8)0.311, 1.25 (0.81, 1.93)ND
, 1 (10)0.203, 2.64 (0.59, 11.75)ND
Kidney infection, 1 (50)0.289, 0.22 (0.01, 3.61)ND
Kidney anomaly, 1 (25)0.669, 3.28 (0.25, 43.45)ND
Noncircumcision, 4 (30.8)0.191, 0.35 (0.08, 1.45)ND
Catheterization, 0 (0.0)0.421, 0.23 (0.07, 12.1)ND
Incontinence, 11 (16.2)0.880, 0.93 (0.41, 2.18)ND

NB: NA: not applicable; ND: not determined.