Table 8 Risk factors for UTI among chronic phase SCI patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.
From: Research on complications and bladder management of the chronic phase spinal cord injury in China
Variable | Total, n | Uni-variate Exp(B) (95% CI) | Uni-variate p-value | Total, n | Multi-variate Exp(B) (95% CI) | Multi-variate p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 769 | |||||
Male | 565 | 1.00 (Ref) | ||||
Female | 204 | 0.90 (0.65, 1.26) | 0.536 | |||
Type of SCI | 769 | |||||
Traumatic SCI | 565 | 1.00 (Ref) | ||||
Non-traumatic SCI | 204 | 0.88 (0.63, 1.22) | 0.430 | |||
Duration of illness | 769 | 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) | 0.070 | 639 | 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) | 0.078 |
AIS level | 672 | 639 | ||||
AIS A | 236 | 1.00 (Ref) | 224 | 1.00 (Ref) | ||
AIS B | 95 | 0.55 (0.33, 0.90) | 0.018 | 90 | 0.64 (0.37, 1.09) | 0.098 |
AIS C | 118 | 0.55 (0.34, 0.88) | 0.012 | 113 | 0.67 (0.41, 1.11) | 0.117 |
AIS D | 223 | 0.55 (0.37, 0.81) | 0.003 | 212 | 0.68 (0.44, 1.06) | 0.086 |
Bladder management method | 723 | 639 | ||||
Normal vioding | 93 | 1.00 (Ref) | 69 | 1.00 (Ref) | ||
Indwelling catheter | 245 | 3.15 (1.93, 5.20) | < 0.001 | 226 | 2.90 (1.63, 5.18) | < 0.001 |
Intermittent catheterization | 308 | 2.28 (1.43, 3.67) | < 0.001 | 274 | 2.15 (1.22, 3.80) | 0.008 |
Credé maneuver | 62 | 1.09 (0.57, 2.08) | 0.793 | 58 | 0.93 (0.46, 1.89) | 0.844 |
Other methods | 15 | 0.78 (0.24, 2.32) | 0.653 | 12 | 0.53 (0.13, 1.87) | 0.338 |
