Objective To investigate clinical features and risk factors of childhood diabetes mellitus(DM)complicated with urinary tract infection(UTI).Methods The data of 160 children with DM in our hospital in the past 2 years were collected as the research object,and they were divided into the UTI group and the non-UTI group UTI,with 80 cases in each group.The clinical data of children with DM and UTI were collected and analyzed,including DM type,sex,age,body mass index(BMI),living environment,duration of disease,length of hospital stay,indwelling catheter,ketoacidosis,antibiotic and insulin use,the types of bacteria isolated from urine samples and various laboratory indicators on admission.Results Pathogen bacteria mainly included Escherichia coli(n=37,46.2%),Enterococci(n=21,26.2%)and Klebsiella pneumoniae(n=9,11.2%)in the UTI group.Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in obesity,duration of disease,length of hospital stay,indwelling catheter,ketoacidosis,antibiotic use,glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),albumin(ALB)and serum creatinine(Cr)between the two groups(P＜0.05).Multivariate regression analysis showed that risk factors for DM complicating UTI included prolonged hospitalization(OR=2.087,95%CI:1.562-2.789),indwelling urinary catheter(OR=15.886,95%CI:2.336-108.007),ketoacidosis(OR=9.300,95%CI:1.169-73.992),duration of disease≥36 months(OR=20.548,95%CI:2.425-174.119),increased HbA1c(OR=16.686,95%CI:3.666-75.955)and serum Cr(OR=1.010,95%CI:1.002-1.019),while the increased serum ALB(OR=0.799,95%CI:0.702-0.910)was its protective factor.Conclusion Pathogenic bacteria in the UTI group are mainly Escherichia coli.Children with DM and UTI are closely related to the length of hospitalization,indwelling catheter,ketoacidosis,duration of disease,HbA1c,serum Cr and ALB levels.