Cystitis: significant associations between pathology, histology, and quantitative bacteriology in sows, a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Associations between different histopathological diagnosis of cystitis, bacteriuria and significant macroscopical pathological changes (n = 176 sows)

		Bacteriuria			Significant pathological changes
		+	−		+	−
Histological cystitis lesions in general	+	52	29	p < 0.001 OR = 22.0 [8.8; 64.1]	35	46	p < 0.001 OR = 5.2 [2.4; 12.2]
Histological cystitis lesions in general	−	7	88	p < 0.001 OR = 22.0 [8.8; 64.1]	12	83	p < 0.001 OR = 5.2 [2.4; 12.2]
Acute histological cystitis	+	2	2	p = 0.603 OR = 2.0 [0.1; 28.4]	2	2	p = 0.290 OR = 2.8 [0.2;39.8]
Acute histological cystitis	−	57	115	p = 0.603 OR = 2.0 [0.1; 28.4]	45	127	p = 0.290 OR = 2.8 [0.2;39.8]
Chronic histological cystitis	+	38	26	p < 0.001 OR = 6.3 [3.0; 13.4]	26	38	p = 0.002 OR = 3.0 [1.4; 6.3]
Chronic histological cystitis	−	21	91	p < 0.001 OR = 6.3 [3.0; 13.4]	21	91	p = 0.002 OR = 3.0 [1.4; 6.3]
Chronic active histological cystitis	+	17	4	p < 0.001 OR = 11.3 [3.4; 48.7]	10	11	p = 0.03 OR = 2.9 [1.0; 8.2]
Chronic active histological cystitis	−	42	113	p < 0.001 OR = 11.3 [3.4; 48.7]	37	118	p = 0.03 OR = 2.9 [1.0; 8.2]

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