Risk Factors Associated with Surgical Site Infection following Cesarean Section in Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model for host- and pregnancy-related risk factor.

Host- and pregnancy-related characteristics	Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Age
≤30	Ref
>30	2.02 (0.76-5.37)	0.157
Education level
Up to lower primary	1.24 (0.59-2.59)	0.565
Secondary	0.86 (0.40-1.88)	0.722
Graduate or above	Ref
BMI
Normal	Ref
Overweight	3.44 (1.61-7.36)	0.001	4.11 (1.74-9.71)	0.001
Obesity	15.22 (4.90-47.29)	<0.001	15.72 (4.60-53.67)	<0.001
Parity
Primi	Ref
Multi	0.53 (0.27-1.04)	0.066
ANC visits
≤4 times	Ref
>4 times	1.94 (0.93-4.05)	0.074
Previous CS
Yes	0.38 (0.14-0.99)	0.048	0.599 (0.21-1.70)	0.337
No	Ref
Medical complication
None	Ref		Ref
DM/HTN	5.62 (2.19-14.37)	<0.001	4.75 (1.69-13.32)	0.003
Others	7.15 (2.48-20.60)	<0.001	9.38 (2.89-30.46)	0.001

Denotes statistically significant at .