Table 2.
—Source, Pathogen, and Organ System Dysfunction Among Hospitalizations for Sepsis
| Covariate | Married | Divorced | Widowed | Legally Separated | Single | P Valuea |
| Pathogen identified | ||||||
| Gram positive | 2,866 (19) | 476 (19) | 1,636 (17) | 148 (19) | 1,855 (20) | <.01 |
| Gram negative | 2,112 (14) | 345 (14) | 1,390 (14) | 103 (14) | 1,095 (12) | |
| Fungal | 295 (2) | 63 (2) | 161 (2) | 18 (2) | 212 (2) | |
| Anaerobic | 109 (1) | 12 (<1) | 75 (1) | 1 (<1) | 36 (<1) | |
| No pathogen coded | 9,542 (64) | 1,652 (65) | 6,672 (67) | 493 (65) | 6,157 (66) | |
| Source of sepsisb | ||||||
| Respiratory | 6,555 (44) | 1,142 (45) | 4,887 (49) | 316 (41) | 4,044 (43) | <.01 |
| Urological | 4,749 (32) | 799 (32) | 4,213 (42) | 219 (29) | 2,788 (30) | <.01 |
| Gastrointestinal | 4,375 (29) | 741 (29) | 2,843 (29) | 208 (27) | 2,571 (27) | .03 |
| Skin, soft tissue, joint | 1,915 (13) | 363 (14) | 1,212 (12) | 109 (14) | 1,351 (14) | <.01 |
| Central nervous system | 62 (0.4) | 15 (0.6) | 10 (0.1) | 10 (1) | 86 (1) | <.01 |
| Cardiovascular | 343 (2) | 58 (2.3) | 157 (2) | 18 (2) | 273 (3) | <.01 |
| Severe sepsis | 8,561 (57) | 1,486 (58) | 5,624 (57) | 451 (59) | 5,483 (59) | .05 |
| No. organ system dysfunctions | ||||||
| 0 | 6,363 (43) | 1,062 (42) | 4,310 (44) | 312 (41) | 3,872 (41) | <.01 |
| 1 | 5,365 (36) | 955 (37) | 3,669 (37) | 290 (38) | 3,459 (37) | |
| 2 | 2,425 (16) | 405 (16) | 1,550 (16) | 126 (17) | 1,505 (17) | |
| 3 | 632 (4) | 110 (4) | 381 (4) | 31 (4) | 429 (5) | |
| 4+ | 139 (1) | 15 (1) | 54 (1) | 0 (0) | 90 (1) | |
| Organ system dysfunctionb | ||||||
| Renal | 5,710 (38) | 1,003 (39) | 3,861 (39) | 324 (42) | 3,583 (38) | .15 |
| Respiratory | 3,776 (25) | 635 (25) | 2,401 (24) | 183 (24) | 2,506 (27) | <.01 |
| Hematologic | 1,101 (7) | 177 (6) | 599 (6) | 43 (6) | 684 (7) | <.01 |
| Cardiac | 642 (4) | 88 (3) | 365 (4) | 21 (3) | 343 (4) | .01 |
| Hepatic | 354 (2) | 55 (2) | 130 (1) | 27 (4) | 230 (2) | <.01 |
| Neurologic | 305 (2) | 59 (2) | 173 (2) | 13 (2) | 249 (3) | <.01 |
| Metabolic | 717 (5) | 128 (5) | 532 (5) | 40 (5) | 527 (6) | .06 |
Data presented as No. (%).
a
χ test for differences.
b
Proportions not mutually exclusive.