Research Article
Profile of Patients with Maxillofacial Space Infections and Associated Risk Factors
Table 2
Bivariate analysis between length of hospital stay and various predictors.
| | | Length of hospital stay | value | OR (95% CI) | | ≤6 days | More than 6 days | | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Age in years | | | | | | ≤36 | 45 (65.2) | 20 (33.9) | <0.001 | 3.7 (1.76–7.6) | | >36 | 24 (34.8) | 39 (66.1) | | Sex | | | | | | Female | 38 (55.1) | 21 (35.6) | 0.028 | 2.22 (1.09–4.53) | | Male | 31 (44.9) | 38 (64.4) | | Total leukocyte count | | | | | | <15000 | 52 (77.6) | 38 (64.4) | 0.102 | 1.92 (0.88–4.19) | | >15000 | 15 (22.4) | 21 (35.6) | | Number of spaces involved | | | | | | Single | 32 (46.4) | 21 (35.6) | 0.217 | 1.57 (0.77–3.19) | | Multiple | 37 (53.6) | 38 (64.4) | | Bacterial growth | | | | | | No growth | 64 (92.8) | 38 (64.4) | <0.001 | 7.07 (2.46–20.31) | | Growth present | 5 (7.2) | 21 (35.6) | | Fever | | | | | | No | 44 (63.8) | 43 (72.9) | 0.271 | 0.66 (0.31–1.39) | | Yes | 25 (36.2) | 16 (27.1) | | Diabetes | | | | | | No | 62 (89.9) | 45 (76.3) | 0.039 | 2.76 (1.03–7.38) | | Yes | 7 (10.1) | 14 (23.7) |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
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