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We extracted patient demographics, visit-related diagnostic codes, past medical history, and urine culture results. Diagnostic codes were grouped based on body system, visit type (e.g. routine visit), or sign or symptom clusters. We evaluated the relationship between these factors and inappropriately ordered cultures using generalized estimating equations logistic regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X25102353_as6\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We included 807 patients who had 870 visits. Most patients were Hispanic (66.3%) or African American\/Black (24.8%) females (76.1%) with a median age of 50 years. Among 870 cultures, 210 (24%) were ordered inappropriately. We found having an abnormal urinalysis or urine characteristic (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 13.66), acute low back pain (aOR: 4.88), a cardiovascular-related (aOR: 1.68) or gynecological\/family planning visit (aOR: 10.84), being evaluated at the non-teaching clinic (aOR: 6.03), or having a routine health visit (aOR: 1.81) within the non-teaching clinic (interaction aOR: 4.27) were significantly associated with inappropriate urine cultures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X25102353_as7\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study revealed factors associated with inappropriately ordered urine cultures that may be unique to ambulatory settings and can help design outpatient diagnostic stewardship interventions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2025.10235","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,21]],"date-time":"2025-10-21T09:38:18Z","timestamp":1761039498000},"page":"80-87","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical factors and diagnoses associated with inappropriate urine culture ordering in primary care"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0707-5059","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marissa","family":"Valentine-King","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02pttbw34","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Baylor College of Medicine"},{"name":"Michael E. 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