TABLE 2.
Comorbid conditions and characteristics of peritonitis
| Variable | % of patients |
P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Controls (n = 120) | Cases (n = 38) | ||
| Gender (females) | 45.0 | 47.4 | 0.798 |
| Age > 50 yr | 68.3 | 89.5 | 0.011 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 24.2 | 26.3 | 0.789 |
| Malignancy (solid tumor, leukemia, or lymphoma) | 18.3 | 39.5 | 0.014 |
| Diabetes | 9.2 | 13.2 | 0.487 |
| Chronic liver disease | 6.7 | 7.9 | 0.727 |
| Renal disease | 6.7 | 13.2 | 0.204 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4.2 | 15.8 | 0.014 |
| Cause of peritonitis | |||
| Preoperative | 54.2 | 18.4 | |
| Postoperative | 30.1 | 55.3 | |
| Other | 15.7 | 26.3 | 0.005 |
| Origin of peritonitis | |||
| Gastroduodenal | 8.4 | 5.4 | |
| Small intestine | 37.0 | 32.4 | |
| Colon/rectosigmoid | 31.9 | 35.1 | |
| Biliopancreatic | 15.1 | 21.6 | |
| Other | 7.6 | 5.5 | 0.230 |
| Peritonitis duration < 24 h | 41.7 | 21.1 | 0.022 |
| Community onset | 65.8 | 42.1 | 0.009 |
| Generalized peritonitis | 40.8 | 50.0 | 0.320 |
| Previous antibiotic treatment | 38.7 | 52.6 | 0.128 |
a
Boldface data represent significantly significant differences between the cases and the controls.