Table 2 Unadjusted factors contributing to high peritonitis rate among children on peritoneal dialysis
From: Factors influencing occurrence of peritonitis in Saudi children on peritoneal dialysis
95% CI for RR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | Reference | B | SE | P | RR | Lower | Upper |
Female | Male | 1.977 | 0.595 | 0.001* | 7.218 | 2.247 | 23.184 |
Age: 6–10 yrs | < 6 yrs | −0.667 | 1.092 | 0.542 | 0.513 | 0.060 | 4.364 |
Age: > 10 yrs | < 6 yrs | − 0.071 | 1.219 | 0.953 | 0.931 | 0.085 | 10.151 |
Residency: Outside Riyadh | Riyadh | 1.118 | 0.899 | 0.214 | 3.060 | 0.525 | 17.823 |
Low socioeconomic | Average or high | 2.308 | 1.114 | 0.038* | 10.051 | 1.134 | 89.128 |
Diagnosis | |||||||
Congenital nephrosis | Others | 1.896 | 0.830 | 0.022* | 6.658 | 1.308 | 33.886 |
Hypoplastic kidney | Others | 1.462 | 0.893 | 0.102 | 4.313 | 0.750 | 24.808 |
Reflux nephropathy with neurogenic bladder | Others | −0.182 | 0.434 | 0.675 | 0.834 | 0.357 | 1.950 |
Glucose concentration | |||||||
2.50% | 1.50% | 1.417 | 1.074 | 0.187 | 4.123 | 0.503 | 33.807 |
Mixed (1.5–2.5%) | 1.50% | 0.550 | 0.419 | 0.189 | 1.733 | 0.763 | 3.939 |
Catheter removal | No | 0.749 | 0.682 | 0.272 | 2.115 | 0.555 | 8.055 |
Height: below 3rd percentile | Appropriate | 1.680 | 0.658 | 0.011* | 5.366 | 1.478 | 19.476 |
Weight: below 3rd percentile | 3rd-95th percentile | 1.858 | 0.661 | 0.005* | 6.408 | 1.754 | 23.413 |
Urine output: Anuria | Passing | 1.850 | 0.638 | 0.004* | 6.360 | 1.822 | 22.199 |
Abnormal WBC | Normal (4–12 g/l) | 0.488 | 0.409 | 0.232 | 1.630 | 0.731 | 3.633 |
Neutrophils: High | Normal | 1.761 | 0.678 | 0.009* | 5.816 | 1.541 | 21.941 |
Peritoneal cell count: 100 or less | More than 100 | 1.517 | 2.293 | 0.508 | 4.557 | 0.051 | 407.810 |
Peritoneal analysis: More than 50 | 50 or less | 1.970 | 0.556 | 0.001* | 7.173 | 2.413 | 21.323 |
Peritoneal fluid culture | |||||||
Coagulase-negative staph | No growth | 1.109 | 0.441 | 0.012* | 3.030 | 1.277 | 7.189 |
Viridans streptococci | No growth | 0.913 | 0.849 | 0.282 | 2.491 | 0.472 | 13.147 |
Others | No growth | 2.217 | 0.787 | 0.005* | 9.179 | 1.964 | 42.899 |
Albumin level: Low | Normal | 1.647 | 0.668 | 0.014* | 5.189 | 1.402 | 19.215 |
Antibiotic type | |||||||
Cefazolin | Mixed(cefazolin+ceftazidime) | −0.084 | 0.726 | 0.908 | 0.919 | 0.222 | 3.815 |
Ceftazidime | Mixed(cefazolin+ceftazidime) | 0.906 | 0.733 | 0.217 | 2.475 | 0.588 | 10.419 |
Vancomycin | Mixed(cefazolin+ceftazidime) | 1.005 | 0.726 | 0.166 | 2.732 | 0.658 | 11.334 |
Other | Mixed(cefazolin+ceftazidime) | 3.031 | 1.464 | 0.038* | 20.723 | 1.177 | 364.880 |
Duration of antibiotic | |||||||
2 weeks | 10 days | 1.302 | 0.553 | 0.019* | 3.677 | 1.244 | 10.868 |
3 weeks/3 months | 10 days | 1.500 | 1.224 | 0.220 | 4.482 | 0.407 | 49.349 |