Table 2.

The twenty most frequent homogenised grouped variables

Ranking	Grouped variable	Structured data in our EHR	Frequency n (%)
1	Clinical manifestations	No	325 (7.2)
2	Age	Yes	251 (5.6)
3	Gender	Yes	212 (4.7)
4	Race	No	90 (2.0)
5	Economic or work demographics	No	54 (1.2)
6	Other (non-homogenising variables)	No	47 (1.0)
7	Antimicrobial susceptibility	Yes	46 (1.0)
8	Body mass index	Yes	46 (1.0)
9	Housing characteristic demographics	No	45 (1.0)
10	Sexual behaviour demographics	No	44 (1.0)
11	Diabetes	Yes	40 (0.9)
12	Other comorbidities	Yes	37 (0.8)
13	CD4 count	Yes	36 (0.8)
14	Education demographics	No	28 (0.6)
15	Region	Yes	28 (0.6)
16	White blood cell count	Yes	28 (0.6)
17	Creatinine	Yes	26 (0.6)
18	Microorganisms	Yes	25 (0.6)
19	Country	Yes	24 (0.5)
20	Diagnosis	Yes	24 (0.5)