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Patient demographic characteristics
| Characteristic | Prevalencea (N=760) |
| Mean (SD) age, years | 57.6 (16.9) |
| Male | 369 (48.2) |
| Mean (SD) weight, kg | 81.9 (30.7) |
| No culture obtained | 118 (15.5) |
| Surgical specialty | |
| General | 174 (22.9) |
| Orthopedic | 165 (21.7) |
| Colon/rectal | 92 (12.1) |
| Gynecologic | 78 (10.3) |
| Neurologic | 71 (9.3) |
| Cardiac | 56 (7.4) |
| Thoracic | 54 (7.1) |
| Vascular | 42 (5.5) |
| Transplantation | 28 (3.7) |
Values are presented as number and percentage of patients unless specified otherwise.
