Table 3

Potential associated risk factors of urinary tract infection in female patients with SLE

VariablesUnivariate analysis
OR (95% CI)
P valueMultivariate analysis
OR (95% CI)
P value
TMP-SMX prophylaxis16 (2.92 to 87.70)0.00130.96 (3.63 to 264.11)0.002
Serum C3 level12.75 (1.21 to 133.83)0.03435.33 (1.33 to 936.67)0.033
Vaginal microbiota
Enterococcus spp3.472 (1.04 to 11.55)0.0425.53 (0.93 to 32.96)0.060
Veillonella dispar4.37 (1.29 to 14.73)0.0186.68 (1.27 to 35.07)0.025
Peptostreptococcus spp3.29 (1.00 to 10.79)0.05
  • TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.