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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Jun 4;39(8):929–934. doi: 10.1177/0148607114536580

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis.

Risk Factors CLABSI (n = 220) No CLABSI (n = 4620) P Value
Age, mean (SD), y 62.3 (16.2) 63.5 (16.5) .27a
Charlson comorbidity score, mean (SD) 2.8 (2.4) 2.5 (2.4) .19a
Duration of PN, mean (SD), d 10.7 (10.2) 15.5 (20.7) .33a
Duration of catheterization, mean (SD), d 14.3 (15.3) 8.1 (12.8) <.0001a
Male sex, % 58.2 55.0 .35
Underlying disease, %
   Malignancy 22.7 20.3 .38b
   Diabetes mellitus 21.8 28.5 .03b
   HIV 2.3 1.7 .43c
   Renal disease 76.8 48.9 <.0001b
Surgical site infection, % 1.4 2.6 .24
PN, % 8.1 2.3 <.0001b
History of transplant, % 8.6 5.5 .05b
ICU stay, % 81.8 59.4 <.0001b
Immunodeficiency, % 60.0 34.3 <.0001b
Pneumonia, % 19.1 8.7 <.0001b

CLABSI, central line–associated bloodstream infection; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ICU, intensive care unit; PN, parenteral nutrition; SD, standard deviation.

a

Student t test.

b

χ2 test.

c

Fisher exact test.