Incidence Of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections In Intensive Care Units In A Private Hospital (Cairo, Egypt)

Table 5: Logistic regression model analysis of risk factors for CLA-BSI in ICU patients.**

Variable	No of cases with risk factor/ all participants	No of cases with risk factor/ all cases with CLA-BSI	P value *	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
ICU stay of at least 5 days	15/19	200/499	0.002	6.3	2.0-19.4
Heart failure	5/19	90/499	0.03	3.4	1.1-10.6
Mechanical ventilation	16/19	294/499	0.02	4.3	1.2-15.4

** Hosmer and Lemshow test, P=0.8 (not significant).