Predictor

Recurrent furunculosis

β

P

OR(95% CI)

Family history:

No

Yes

-

4.8

0.000

1(r)

121.1(17.8-823.1)

Diabetes mellitus:

No

Yes

-

3.4

0.000

1(r)

29.5(5.0-172.4)

Previous antibiotic therapy:

No

Yes

-

2.8

0.000

1(r)

16.6(2.2-66.0)

Personal hygiene:

Good

Poor

-

3.4

0.000

1(r)

28.6(5.5-148.4)

Anemia:

No

Yes 

-

2.7

0.000

1(r)

14.6(3.6-60.1)

Previous hospitalization:

No

Yes

-

2.5

0.003

1(r)

 11.9(2.3-61.0)

Multiplicity of lesion:

Single

Multiple

-

1.4

0.03

1(r)

 3.9(1.1-13.4)

Associated skin diseases:

No

Yes^#

-

2.0

0.01

1(r)

 7.4(1.6-34.6)

Constant

Percent correctly predicated

Model χ²

-10.6

89.9

128.4, P=0.000