Research Article

Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among Adult Diabetic Patients at Metu Karl Heinz Referral Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate regression analysis of factors associated with UTI among adult diabetic patient attending Metu Karl Heinz Referral Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Patient characteristicsUTICOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
Positive no (%)Negative no (%)

Sex
 Male7 (6.5)100 (93.5)11
 Female32 (25.4)94 (74.6)4.86 (2.05, 11.55)3.56 (1.44, 8.76)

Age (in years)
 <35 years12 (14.8)69 (85.2)1
 ≥35 years27 (17.8)125 (82.2)1.24 (0.59, 2.60)

Educational status
 Not able to read and write20 (11.6)153 (88.4)11
 Able to read and write19 (31.7)41 (68.3)3.54 (1.73, 7.26)2.55 (1.19, 5.49)

Use of antibiotics
 Yes13 (14.6)76 (85.4)1.29 (0.62, 2.66)
 No26 (18.1)118 (81.9)1

History of UTI
 No15 (11)121 (89)11
 Yes24 (24.7)73 (75.3)2.65 (1.31, 5.38)2.31 (1.09, 4.90)

Current symptom of UTI
 No30 (14.8)173 (85.2)11
 Yes9 (30)21 (70)2.47 (1.03, 5.91)2.00 (0.78, 5.13)

Type of diabetes
 Type II19 (14)116 (86)11
 Type I20 (20.4)78 (79.6)1.56 (0.78, 3.12)1.430 (0.67, 3.03)

History of hypertension
 No21 (17.8)97 (82.2)1
 Yes18 (15.7)97 (84.3)0.86 (0.43, 1.71)

Duration of diabetes
 ≤5 years21 (17.4)100 (82.6)1
 >5 years18 (16.1)94 (83.9)0.91 (0.46, 1.82)

History of glucosuria
 No18 (13.2)118 (86.8)11
 Yes21 (21.6)76 (78.4)1.81 (0.91, 3.62)1.53 (0.73, 3.23)

Types of DM medication
 Oral20 (19.4)83 (80.6)1
 Injection19 (14.6)111 (85.4)0.71 (0.36, 1.41)

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.