Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections among Controlled and Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetic Patients at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

Sociodemographic characteristics		Nondiabetics; 346 (%)	Diabetics with balanced blood sugar levels; 226 (%)	Diabetics with unbalanced blood sugar; 279 (%)	χ ^2	Confidence interval ( value)
Age groups (years)	(20–30)	61 (17.63)	5 (2.21)	3 (1.07)	166.46	0.62–0.89 (<0.001)
	(30–40)	127 (36.70)	41 (18.14)	43 (15.41)
	(40–50)	68 (19.65)	53 (23.45)	77 (27.59)
	(50–60)	44 (12.71)	75 (33.18)	82 (29.39)
	(60–70)	26 (7.51)	42 (18.58)	65 (23.29)
	(70–80)	18 (5.20)	6 (2.65)	8 (2.86)
	(80–90)	2 (0.58)	4 (1.77)	1 (0.35)
Sex	Male	117 (33.81)	73 (32.30)	119 (42.65)	7.35	0.91–1.03 (0.025)
	Female	229 (66.18)	153 (67.70)	160 (57.35)
Marital status	Single	72 (20.81)	7 (3.10)	22 (7.89)	50.23	0.71–0.95 (<0.001)
	Married	241 (69.65)	198 (87.61)	224 (80.29)
	Divorced	5 (1.45)	2 (0.88)	2 (0.72)
	Widower	28 (8.09)	19 (8.41)	31 (11.11)
Level of education	Illiterate	15 (4.34)	8 (3.54)	1 (0.36)	123.01	1.16–1.31 (<0.001)
	Primary	107 (30.92)	60 (26.55)	88 (31.54)
	Secondary	133 (38.44)	155 (69.58)	175 (62.72)
	University	91 (26.30)	3 (1.33)	15 (5.38)
Profession	None	2 (0.58)	6 (2.65)	11 (3.94)	73.20	0.05–0.07 (<0.001)
	Student	30 (8.67)	2 (0.88)	5 (1.79)
	Civil servant	73 (21.10)	35 (15.49)	21 (7.53)
	Informal sector	146 (42.20)	99 (43.81)	117 (41.94)
	Retirement	37 (10.69)	16 (7.08)	36 (12.90)
	Household	58 (16.76)	68 (30.09)	89 (31.90)
Body mass index (BMI)	Mean (kg/m^2)	26.80 ± 0.17^a	26.97 ± 0.36^a	27.28 ± 0.24^a
	Loss weight (16 ≤ BMI ≤ 18.5)	3 (0.57)	6 (2.65)	2 (0.71)	109.15	0.66–0.84 (<0.001)
	Normal (18.5 < BMI ≤ 25)	100 (28.90)	87 (38.49)	101 (36.20)
	Overweight (25 < BMI ≤ 30)	211 (60.98)	68 (30.08)	88 (31.54)
	Moderate obesity (30 < BMI ≤ 35)	32 (9.35)	50 (22.12)	58 (20.78)
	Severe obesity (35 < BMI ≤ 40)	0 (0)	14 (6.19)	22 (7.88)
	Morbid obesity (BMI > 40)	0 (0)	1 (0.44)	8 (2.86)