Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Hazard ratios for the association between maintaining or improving the ability to walk over time and hospitalization for urinary tract infection, by disease.¹

Analyses Restricted to Residents with:	Number	Percent that maintained or improved walking ability	Hazard Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Depression	65,951	29.0%	0.50	0.41, 0.61
Dementia	85,500	27.7%	0.46	0.39, 0.54
Hip fracture	25,840	31.3%	0.24	0.16, 0.36
Osteoporosis	38,538	30.1%	0.42	0.32, 0.55
Arthritis	63,129	30.0%	0.45	0.37, 0.56
Parkinson's disease	13,828	24.0%	0.48	0.32, 0.72
Stroke, transient ischemic attack, or hemiplegia	54,904	22.8%	0.49	0.40, 0.61
Congestive heart failure	54,837	27.0%	0.55	0.45, 0.68
Peripheral vascular disease	22,384	25.0%	0.48	0.33, 0.68
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	44,694	29.9%	0.51	0.39, 0.67
Diabetes mellitus	64,871	27.5%	0.47	0.39, 0.56
Cancer	24,764	27.6%	0.61	0.44, 0.85
All residents, regardless of disease	239,399	29.4%	0.47	0.42, 0.52

1. Only patients with assessments of walking ability during two time periods were included. Patients with paraplegia, quadriplegia, or comatose condition were excluded.

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