Table 5.

Risk factors for bloodstream infections (BSI)

	Patients with BSI n = 55	Patients without BSI n = 129	OR	95% CI	P
Age (years)	66 ± 15	66 ± 16			0.845
ΒMI	29 ± 5	28 ± 8			0.789
Apache II score	25 ± 7	24 ± 8			0.746
Sex (male)	37 (67%)	71 (55%)	1.679	0.867–3.254	0.123
Diabetes Mellitus	27 (49%)	43 (33%)	1.929	1.014–3.669	0.044
HbA1c ≥ 7%	15 (27%)	28 (22%)	1.353	0.654–2.796	0.414
Hypertension	30 (55%)	69 (54%)	1.043	0.544–1.966	0.895
Hyperlipidemia	10 (18%)	33 (26%)	0.646	0.293–1.426	0.278
Cardiac disease	23 (42%)	65 (50%)	0.708	0.374–1.339	0.287
COPD	12 (22%)	25 (19%)	1.161	0.535–2.519	0.706
Chronic kidney disease	4 (7%)	12 (9%)	0.765	0.235–2.485	0.655
Stroke	12 (22%)	11 (9%)	2.944	1.230–7.286	0.013
Cancer	4 (7%)	9 (7%)	1.046	0.308–3.551	0.943
Other	16 (29)	34 (26%)	1.146	0.568–2.312	0.703
Enteral feeding	27 (49%)	64 (50%)	0.979	0.521–1.841	0.948
Parenteral feeding	48 (87%)	115 (89%)	0.835	0.317–2.197	0.714
Blood transfusion in ICU	13 (24%)	26 (20%)	1.226	0.576–2.612	0.597
Corticosteroids in ICU	15 (27%)	35 (72%)	1.007	0.496–2.047	0.984
Previous infection in ICU	17 (31%)	26 (20%)	1.772	0.866–3.625	0.115
Infection on admission	23 (42%)	49 (38%)	1.173	0.617–2.232	0.626
BSI on admission	17 (31%)	19 (15%)	2.590	1.22–5.489	0.011
Previous surgery	5 (9%)	20 (16%)	0.545	0.193–1.535	0.245
Preceding intake of antibiotics	21 (38%)	54 (42%)	0.858	0.449–1.638	0.642
Preceding corticosteroid treatment	4 (7%)	4 (3%)	2.451	0.590–10.177	0.204
Previous hospitalization	23 (42%)	53 (41%)	1.031	0.543–1.955	0.926

Data are presented as n (%) or mean (±SD).

ICU: intensive care unit, BMI: body mass index, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BSI: bloodstream infections.