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. 2006 Mar;13(3):329–332. doi: 10.1128/CVI.13.3.329-332.2006

TABLE 4.

Comparison of diagnoses and conditions for patient groups

Condition Actual no. of conditions in 5 yr for:
Comparison of person yr (P value)b
Patients with immunodeficiency (n = 113) Patients without immunodeficiency (n = 124)
Chronic sinusitisa 162 59 0.001b
Chronic bronchitisa 93 60 0.002b
Chronic otitis mediaa 81 39 0.001b
Pneumonia 60 89 0.068
Chronic diarrheaa 43 16 0.001b
Acute sinusitis 22 36 0.157
Bacterial pneumonia 23 40 0.087
Lymphopenia 17 5 0.011b
Cutaneous candidiasis 12 6 0.179
Neutropenia 12 3 0.027
Splenomegaly 10 1 0.011b
Immune thrombocytopenia 6 1 0.027b
Suppurative otitis media 6 21 0.012b
Acute otitis media 6 43 0.001b
Abnormal weight loss 5 13 0.137
a

Counted only once in a year's time.

b

Significant differences between both groups of patients by categorization of each condition as person years.