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Table 3 Risk of hypokalemia among patients with urinary tract infection

From: Urinary tract infection is associated with hypokalemia: a case control study

Factors

Univariable

Multivariable

ORs

95%

CIs

ORs

95%

CIs

Recurrent UTI

1.31

1.21

1.41

1.13

1.05

1.23

Age

1.02

1.02

1.03

1.01

1.01

1.01

Comorbidity

 CVA

1.71

1.60

1.82

1.16

1.08

1.24

 COPD

2.08

1.95

2.21

1.45

1.35

1.55

 HTN

2.20

2.05

2.36

1.42

1.31

1.53

 CHF

2.16

2.01

2.33

1.41

1.31

1.53

 Diarrhea

1.61

0.85

2.82

1.82

0.95

3.23

Medications

 Thiazide

1.60

1.34

1.90

1.16

0.97

1.38

 Sulfonamides

1.74

1.52

1.98

1.14

0.99

1.31

 Xanthines

2.29

2.02

2.59

1.42

1.25

1.62

 Laxatives

1.80

1.65

1.97

1.29

1.17

1.41

  1. UTI urinary tract infection, CVA cerebral vascular accident, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, DM diabetes mellitus, CHF congestive heart failure
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