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Table 4 Factors predicting complications of CSOM

From: Predictors of disease complications and treatment outcome among patients with chronic suppurative otitis media attending a tertiary hospital, Mwanza Tanzania

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

 

Complication n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P value

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Age

35 ± 17.82

1.006 (0.99–1.011)

0.318

1.006 (0.997–1.02)

0.443

Sex

     

 Female (165)

66 (40)

1

   

 Male (136)

48 (35.3)

0.81 (0.511–1.3)

0.402

0.88 (0.49–1.55)

0.679

Occupation

     

 No (199)

31 (15.6)

1

   

 Yes (102)

15 (14.7)

0.93 (0.47–1.8)

0.842

0.8 (0.37–1.7)

0.568

Ill duration

18 IQR (9–27)

1.029 (1.008–1.05)

0.005

1.03 (1.007–1.05)

0.010

Isolates

     

 NBG (175)

67 (38.29)

1

   

 GPB (35)

21 (60)

2.41 (1.15–5.07)

0.02

  

 GNB (91)

45 (49.45)

1.57 (0.94–2.63)

0.081

  

MDR

     

 No (229)

81 (35.6)

1

   

 Yes (72)

33 (45.8)

1.54 (0.90–2.6)

0.112

1.86 (1.044–3.3)

0.035

HIV

     

 No (288)

105 (36.4)

1

   

 Yes (13)

9 (69.2)

3.92 (1.17–13.)

0.026

4.3 (1.17–15.6)

0.028

Smoking

     

 No (260)

100 (38.5)

1

   

 Yes (41)

14 (34.2)

0.83 (0.415–1.6)

0.597

0.80 (0.339–1.88)

0.611

Smell

     

 No (267)

98 (36.7)

1

   

 Yes (34)

16 (47.1)

1.53 (0.747–3.4)

0.244

1.62 (0.73–3.56)

0.234

Otalgia

     

 No (167)

52 (31.1)

1

   

 Yes (134)

62 (46.30

1.98 (1.2–3.05)

0.007

1.9 (1.14–3.18)

0.013

Itching

     

 No (227)

90 (39.6)

1

   

 Yes (74)

24 (32.4)

0.7 (0.412–1.27)

0.267

0.66 (0.359–1.24)

0.205

Ear

     

 Left (122)

41 (33.6)

1

   

 Both (18)

13 (72.2)

5.13 (1.7–15.4)

0.003

  

 Right (161)

60 (37.2)

1.17 (0.72–1.92)

0.525

1.07 (0.82–1.40)

0.573

  1. NBG is no bacterial growth, GNB is gram negative bacteria, GPB is gram positive bacteria and MDR is multi drug resistance bacteria
  2. Isolates were not analysed on multivariate logistic regression analysis because it has collinearity with other factor like MDR