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. 2014 Oct 1;15(5):567–575. doi: 10.1089/sur.2013.045

Table 1.

Demographics and Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Secondary Peritonitis in the Pooled Analysis of cIAIs

  PP population ITT population
Characteristic All patients (N=1,024) Moxifloxacin (N=505) Comparators (N=519) All patients (N=1,229) Moxifloxacin (N=609) Comparators (N=620)
Gender, male, n (%) 673 (65.7) 330 (65.3) 343 (66.1) 807 (65.7) 396 (65.0) 411 (66.3)
Mean age±SD, y 46.7±18.4 46.3±18.3 47.0±18.6 47.6±18.7 47.6±18.7 47.7±18.6
 Age ≥65 y, n (%) 208 (20.3) 94 (18.6) 114 (22.0) 269 (21.9) 128 (21.0) 141 (22.7)
Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD) 25.7±4.9 25.9±4.8 25.5±5.0 25.9±5.1 26.2±5.1 25.7±5.1
Coexisting illnesses, n (%) 700 (68.4) 353 (69.9) 347 (66.9) 872 (71.0) 443 (72.7) 429 (69.2)
Origin of infection, community-acquired, n (%) 983 (96.0) 486 (96.2) 497 (95.8) 1,174 (95.5) 584 (95.9) 590 (95.2)
Mean duration of symptoms, d (SD) 4.2±2.5 4.2±2.7 4.1±2.3 4.2±2.6 4.3±2.6 4.2±2.5
 >2 d, n (%) 881 (86.0) 433 (85.7) 448 (86.3) 1,057 (86.0) 521 (85.6) 536 (86.5)
Previous antibiotic therapy*, n (%) 348 (34.0) 167 (33.1) 181 (34.9) 463 (37.7) 223 (36.6) 240 (38.7)
Mean core temperature, °C (SD) 38.5±0.92 38.5±0.90 38.5±0.94 38.5±0.93 38.5±0.92 38.5±0.94
Mean WBC, (×109/L (SD) 13.4±5.2 13.4±5.1 13.4±5.4 13.4±5.5 13.5±5.7 13.4±5.4
Mean C-reactive protein, mg/dL (SD) 19.8±18.3 20.2±17.7 19.5±18.8 20.2±18.7 20.9±19.2 19.4±18.2
Mean APACHE II score (SD) 6.9±5.0 6.9±4.7 6.9±5.2 7.0±5.0 7.1±4.8 6.9±5.2
Anatomic site of infection, n (%)
Gallbladder and biliary tract 55 (5.4) 26 (5.1) 29 (5.6) 63 (5.1) 29 (4.8) 34 (5.5)
Stomach or duodenum 189 (18.5) 91 (18.0) 98 (18.9) 228 (18.6) 116 (19.0) 112 (18.1)
Appendix 534 (52.1) 269 (53.3) 265 (51.1) 621 (50.5) 308 (50.6) 313 (50.5)
Large bowel 166 (16.2) 86 (17.0) 80 (15.4) 213 (17.3) 107 (17.6) 106 (17.1)
Small bowel 71 (6.9) 31 (6.1) 40 (7.7) 90 (7.3) 43 (7.1) 47 (7.6)
Others 5 (0.5) 1 (0.2) 4 (0.8) 8 (0.7) 4 (0.7) 4 (0.6)
Unknown 4 (0.4) 1 (0.2) 3 (0.6) 6 (0.5) 2 (0.3) 4 (0.6)
Polymicrobial infection, n (%) 629 (61.4) 319 (63.2) 310 (59.7) 741 (60.3) 381 (62.6) 360 (58.1)
Bacteremia, n (%) 29 (2.8) 15 (3.0) 14 (2.7) 37 (3.0) 22 (3.6) 15 (2.4)

APACHE=Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; BMI=body mass index; cIAI=complicated intra-abdominal infections; ITT=intent-to-treat; PP=per-protocol; SD=standard deviation; WBC=white blood cell count. *Antibiotic administered within the week preceding the start of study therapy.