Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study population by infection type
|
Overall |
Diabetic foot infection |
Surgical site infection |
Deep soft tissue abscess |
Cellulitis |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N=1,033) | (N=278) | (N=330) | (N=147) | (N=278) | |
| Age: mean (median, range) |
54.2 (54.0, 18–94) |
57.6 (57.0, 19–93) |
54.9 (55.5, 18–92) |
44.0 (43.0, 19–84) |
55.5 (53.0, 19–94) |
| Female: N (%) |
474 (45.9) |
99 (35.6) |
189 (57.3) |
53 (36.1) |
133 (47.8) |
| Ethnicity: N (%) | |||||
| Hispanic/Latino |
80 (7.7) |
20 (7.2) |
19 (5.8) |
21 (14.3) |
20 (7.2) |
| Not Hispanic/Latino |
952 (92.2) |
257 (92.4) |
311 (94.2) |
126 (85.7) |
258 (92.8) |
| Missing |
1 (0.1) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Race: N (%) | |||||
| White |
790 (76.5) |
196 (70.5) |
270 (81.8) |
95 (64.6) |
229 (82.4) |
| Black |
204 (19.7) |
64 (23.0) |
53 (16.1) |
42 (28.6) |
45 (16.2) |
| Asian |
13 (1.3) |
7 (2.5) |
2 (0.6) |
3 (2.0) |
1 (0.4) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
5 (0.5) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (0.6) |
3 (0.7) |
2 (0.7) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
20 (1.9) |
10 (3.6) |
3 (0.9) |
6 (4.1) |
1 (0.4) |
| Missing |
1 (0.1) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Admission source: N (%) | |||||
| Nursing home |
4 (0.4) |
1 (0.4) |
3 (0.9) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Emergency department |
767 (74.2) |
225 (80.9) |
211 (63.9) |
122 (83.0) |
209 (75.2) |
| Physician’s office |
188 (18.2) |
37 (13.3) |
77 (23.3) |
20 (13.6) |
54 (19.4) |
| Other | 74 (7.2) | 15 (5.4) | 39 (11.8) | 5 (3.4) | 15 (5.4) |