Table 2.
Basic characteristics and levels of inflammatory markers between the antibiotic and non-antibiotic groups
| Variable | Antibiotic group (n = 79) |
Non-antibiotic group (n = 24) |
P-values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender,n (%) male | 48(60.8) | 12(50.0) | 0.357 |
| Age(years) | 72.0(60.0,83.0) | 77.5(68.0,84.5) | 0.062 |
| Hospital stays(days) | 6(5,7) | 6(5,8) | 0.207 |
| HBP (ng/mL) | 67.02(41.13,146.92) | 73.01(46.00,145.98) | 0.788 |
| PCT (ug/L) | 0.08(0.05,0.55) | 0.10(0.05,0.75) | 0.774 |
WBC(× /L) |
9.24(6.85,12.27) | 11.05(8.41,12.92) | 0.104 |
| NLR | 6.30(3.61,12.34) | 8.76(5.16,13.35) | 0.312 |
| HBP/Alb | 2.12(1.24,4.36) | 2.01(1.23,4.18) | 0.761 |