Urinary tract infections and antimicrobial sensitivity among diabetic patients at Khartoum, Sudan

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients and factors associated with UTI among diabetic patients using univariate and multivariate analyses

Variables	Patients with Bacteriuria	Patients without Bacteriuria	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variables	n = 39	n = 161	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Age, years	58.6(9.9)*	57.9(11.6)*	1.0	0.9-1.0	0.641	1.0	0.9-1.0	0.548
Male sex	27(69.2)#	94(58.3) #	1.6	0.7-1.9	0.216	1.4	0.5-3.3	0.452
Body mass index, kg/m²	25.4(6.1)*	25.9(5.8)*	0.9	0.8-1.1	0.771	0.9	0.8-1.03	0.291
Duration of diabetes, years	16.7(11.7)*	14.4(8.5)*	1.0	0.9-1.1	0.412	1.0	0.9-1.0	0.422
Type II diabetes	35(89.7) #	158(98.1) #	6.0	1.2-28.1	0.022	4.3	0.6-27.5	0.121
History of UTI	5(12.8) #	18(11.1) #	1.1	0.4-3.3	0.773	1.2	0.3-3.8	0.721
Hemoglobin, g/dl	13.4(1.0)*	13.4(1.5)*	1.0	0.5-1.7	0.905	0.9	0.9-1.0	0.501
Blood glucose level, mg/dl	174.1(54.2)*	161 (42.1)*	1.0	0.9-1.0	0.433	0.9	0.9-1.0	0.248
Dysuria	13(33.3) #	63(39.1) #	0.7	0.3-1.6	0.504	0.7	0.3-1.6	0.448
Urgency	6(15.3) #	11(6.8) #	2.4	0.1-13.8	0.094	1.5	0.4-6.1	0.497

Data were shown as mean (SD) * or n (%) # as applicable. Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, confidence interval; P, probability value. All variables in the univariate analyses were added to multivariate analysis.

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