Research Article
Multiresistant Bacterial Pathogens Causing Bacterial Pneumonia and Analyses of Potential Risk Factors from Northeast Ethiopia
Table 5
Multivariable logistic regression analysis of culture positivity identified from pneumonia suspected patients, Dessie, 2020.
| Variables | Culture positivity | COR (95% CI) | value | AOR (95% CI) | value | Positive, N (%) | Negative, N (%) | Sex | | | | | | | Female | 59 (32) | 126 (68) | 1 | | 1 | | Male | 98 (44) | 123 (56) | 1.70 (1.13–2.56) | 0.011 | 0.87 (0.44–1.72) | 0.678 |
| Age (years) | | | | | | | 5–15 | 3 (10) | 27 (90) | 1 | | 1 | | 15–24 | 13 (23) | 44 (77) | 2.70 (0.68–10.19) | 0.154 | 0.12 (0.02–0.69) | 0.017 | 25–44 | 20 (21) | 76 (79) | 2.40 (0.65–8.61) | 0.190 | 0.27 (0.10–0.73) | 0.010 | 44–64 | 43 (64) | 24 (36) | 16.13 (4.43–58.76) | <0.001 | 0.35 (0.17–0.75) | 0.006 | >64 | 78 (50) | 78 (50) | 9.00 (2.62–30.90) | <0.001 | 2.43 (1.12–5.28) | 0.025 |
| Residence | | | | | | | Urban | 100 (40) | 149 (60) | 1 | | 1 | | Rural | 57 (36) | 100 (64) | 0.83 (0.55–1.25) | 0.365 | 1.04 (0.42–2.59) | 0.941 |
| Smoking | | | | | | | No | 67 (24) | 208 (76) | 1 | | 1 | | Yes | 90 (69) | 41 (31) | 6.62 (4.19–10.47) | <0.001 | 4.67 (2.39–9.20) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol drinking | | | | | | | No | 104 (66) | 54 (34) | 1 | | 1 | | Yes | 53 (21) | 195 (79) | 6.54 (4.20–10.20) | <0.001 | 5.58 (3.14–9.92) | <0.001 |
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