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Table 2 Bivariate logistic regression of bacterial infection among study participants

From: Emerging antibiotic resistance in bacterial bloodstream infections: a clinical study at the Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw, Ghana

Variables

Total

n (%)

Bacterial infection

n (%)

P-value

aOR [95% CI]

P-value

Total

3228 (100.0)

281 (8.7)

   

Age

     

< 1

2130 (66.0)

222 (10.4)

 

1

 

1–10

600 (18.6)

43 (7.2)

 

0.87 [0.53–1.44]

0.593

11–20

121(3.7)

3 (2.5)

 

0.33 [0.09–1.28]

0.109

21–30

87 (2.7)

5 (5.7)

< 0.001

0.85 [0.24–3.05]

0.798

31–40

66 (2.0)

1 (1.5)

 

0.23 [0.03–2.08]

0.191

> 40

224 (6.9)

7 (3.1)

 

0.50 [0.14–1.72]

0.27

Sex

     

Female

2012 (62.3)

156 (7.8)

< 0.001

1

 

Male

1216 (37.7)

125 (10.3)

 

1.33 [1.02–1.73]

0.038

Ward

     

NICU

1879 (58.2)

199 (1.1)

 

2.96 [0.38–23.28]

0.302

OPD

226 (7.0)

11 (4.9)

 

1.97 [0.25–15.83]

0.523

Female/ Maternity/ ANC

163 (5.0)

3 (1.8)

< 0.001

1.42 [0.13–15.13]

0.77

Male Ward

110 (3.4)

6 (5.5)

 

2.93 [0.32-27]

0.343

Emergency

56 (1.7)

1 (1.8)

 

1

 

Year

     

2018

701 (21.7)

34 (4.9)

 

1

 

2019

561 (17.4)

34 (6.1)

 

1.26 [0.75-2.00]

0.420

2020

505 (15.6)

29 (5.7)

0.014

1.18 [0.71–1.97]

0.533

2021

453 (14.0)

38 (8.4)

 

1.65 [1.02–2.67]

0.042

2022

535 (16.6)

105 (19.6)

 

4.04 [2.71–6.10]

< 0.001

2023

473 (14.7)

41 (8.7)

 

1.63 [1.01–2.63]

0.044

  1. aOR; Adjusted Odds ratio, P value is significant at P < 0.05 and P < 0.001