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Table 7 Crude and adjusted associations of risk factors surgical site infection among women having obstetric surgery in Assela Teaching Hospital, April, 23, 2015 to September 5, 2015

From: Risk factors for surgical site infections in obstetrics: a retrospective study in an Ethiopian referral hospital

Variable

Category

SSI

COR(95%CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

Number (%)

No

Number (%)

  

Age

≤ 19

5(13.9%)

18(52%)

3.453(1.18,10.00)

3.81(1.05,13.83)

20–34

23(63.9%)

286(82.2%)

1.0

1.0

≥35

8(22.2%)

44(12.6%)

2.26(0.95–5.37)

2.13(0.79,5.73)

Duration Rupture of Membrane

≤12 h

23(63.9%)

318(91.4%)

1.0

1.0

≥12 h

13(36.1%)

30(8.6%)

5.99(2.75–13.022)

3.77(1.53,9.31)

Chorioamnionitis

Yes

6(16.7%)

7(2%)

9.74(3.08–30.84)

9.05(2.35,34.83)

No

30(83.3%)

341(98%)

1.0

1.0

Perioperative Blood Transfusion

Yes

7(19.4%)

12(3.4%)

6.76(2.47,8.49)

7.78(2.37,25.54)

No

29(80.6%)

336(96.6%)

1

1.0

Acute /Chronic medical problem

UTI

0

12(3.4%)

0.000

0.000

Pneumonia

1(2.8%)

8(2.3%)

1.28(0.15,10.64)

0.50(0.02,9.18)

HIV/AIDS

1(2.8%)

3(0.9%)

3.42(0.34,34.02)

3.14(0.25,39.0)

Diabetes mellitus

4(11.1%)

11(3.2%)

3.73(1.11,12.52)

5.41(1.45,20.11)

Other

3(8.3%)

37(10.6%)

0.83(0.24,2.88)

0.46(0.11,1.94)

No

27(75%)

277(79.6%)

1.0

1.0