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Table 1 Characteristics of the population

From: Epidemiology, associated factors and outcomes of ICU-acquired infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria in critically ill patients: an observational, retrospective study

 

Total population

Gram-negative group

Control group

p

Age

69.6 ± 13.9

66.9 ± 10.7

69.8 ± 14.0

0.273

Male sex

63.1 %

76.7 %

62.3 %

0.120

BMI

26.1 ± 5.6

26.5 ± 5.5

26.1 ± 5.6

0.675

Medical admission

10.1 %

40.0 %

8.1 %

0.000

Hypertension

58.1 %

66.7 %

57.5 %

0.329

Valvular disease

5.9 %

10.0 %

5.6 %

0.328

Coronary artery disease

21.0 %

26.7 %

19.4 %

0.438

Heart failure

10.1 %

10.0 %

10.1 %

0.982

COPD

24.7 %

33.4 %

24.1 %

0.261

Diabetes

22.7 %

33.4 %

22.0 %

0.155

Chronic kidney disease

10.1 %

23.4 %

9.3 %

0.018

Malignancy

58.5 %

43.4 %

59.5 %

0.086

Previous antifungal therapy

11.7 %

33.4 %

10.3 %

0.000

Infection(s) on admission

9.5 %

20.0 %

8.8 %

0.051