Research Article
Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda
Table 3
Bivariate analysis between sociodemographic variables and UTI.
| Variables | Categories | Unadjusted odds ratio | 95% CI | value |
| Department | Inpatients | 4.002 | 2.323–6.895 | 0.000 | Outpatients | 1 | Age | ≤19 years | 0.359 | 0.184–0.699 | 0.003 | ≥20 years | 1 | Gender | Female | 2.130 | 1.190–3.814 | 0.011 | Male | 1 | Residence | Rural | 0.736 | 0.409–1.324 | 0.306 | Suburban | 1.115 | 0.499–2.490 | 0.790 | Urban | 1 | Tribes | Bairu | 0.454 | 0.154–1.341 | 0.153 | Bakiga | 4.043 | 0.455–35.948 | 0.210 | Bahima | 1.692 | 0.165–17.393 | 0.658 | Baganda | 0.124 | 0.011–1.367 | 0.088 | Others | 1 | Marital status | Married | 2.204 | 1.203–4.037 | 0.011 | Single | 0.393 | 0.110–1.408 | 0.151 | Others | 1 | Level of education | No education | 1.165 | 0.632–2.148 | 0.624 | Primary | 1.242 | 0.610–2.529 | 0.550 | Secondary | 0.828 | 0.375–1.829 | 0.640 | Tertiary | 1 | Circumcision | Yes | 0.382 | 0.080–1.824 | 0.228 | No | 1 | Sexual intercourse | Yes | 0.825 | 0.432–1.574 | 0.559 | No | 1 |
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CI = confidence interval; p = probability; value is statistically significant under logistic regression. |