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Table 5 Factors associated with bacterial growth count of > 105 CFU/mL in urine culture (n = 204)

From: Beyond urinalysis: evaluation of various clinical and laboratory reflex criteria to warrant urine culture collection in the emergency department

Factor

OR

95% CI

P value

aOR

95% CI

P value

Gender (female)

2.47

1.29–4.71

0.005

2.34

1.11–4.92

0.025

Urinary symptoms

2.26

1.22–4.14

0.006

1.78

0.89–3.56

0.102

Urine white blood cell count > 5 cells/hpf

10.95

3.27–36.72

< 0.001

8.11

2.38–27.70

< 0.001

Positive urinary nitrite

32.08

4.07-252.87

< 0.001

23.43

2.88-190.84

0.003