Research Article
Magnitude and Its Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infection among Adult Patients Attending Tigray Region Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2019
Table 2
Clinical characteristics among adult patients attending the OPD in Tigray region hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 472).
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| BMI category | Underweight | 31 | 6.6 | Normal (healthy) weight | 398 | 84.3 | Overweight and obese | 43 | 9.1 |
| DM | No | 427 | 90.5 | Yes | 45 | 9.5 |
| Hypertension | No | 402 | 85.2 | yes | 70 | 14.8 |
| Spinal cord injury | No | 395 | 83.7 | Yes | 77 | 16.3 |
| Previous history of UTI | No | 389 | 82.4 | Yes | 83 | 17.6 |
| Previous history of urolithiasis | No | 428 | 90.7 | Yes | 44 | 9.3 |
| Urinary obstructive disease | No | 421 | 89.2 | Yes | 51 | 10.8 |
| History of catheterization | No | 427 | 90.5 | Yes | 45 | 9.5 |
| If female, pregnancy N = 211 | No | 202 | 95.7 | Yes | 9 | 4.3 |
| If male, circumcision N = 261 | No | 8 | 3.1 | Yes | 253 | 96.9 |
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