Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of residents receiving at least one course of antibiotics for a suspected UTI

Resident characteristics, percent or mean (S.D.)	All residents with suspected UTI (N=151)**	Asymptomatic (N=71)**	One or more symptoms of UTI (N=80)**
Age
Under 85	35%	37%	34%
85+	56%	55%	56%
Missing	9%	8%	10%
Female	82%	85%	80%
Race
White	72%	70%	74%
Others	7%	8%	5%
Missing	21%	21%	21%
Activities of Daily Living Hierarchy (0–6)	2.0(1.2)	2.1(1.2)	1.9(1.2)
Cognitive Performance Scale (0–6)	2.0(0.6)	2.0(0.6)	2.0(0.6)
Any symptoms of depression	39%	48%	31%
Multiple courses of antibiotic for UTIs	26%	27%	25%

*None of the differences between these two groups were statistically significant.

**There were some differential in missing observations among the variables

(April-Sept 2010)*.