Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics*

	No Bacterial Infection (n = 298)	Bacterial Infection (n = 362)	P Value
Age	57 [14]	56 [15]	.138
Number Males	162 (54.4%)	193 (53.3%)	.788
Receiving Hemodialysis	109 (35.4%)	150 (40.5%)	.494
Received Antibiotics	193 (62.7%)	242 (65.1%)	.518
Procalcitonin	1.1 [4.6]	3.8 [22.8]	<.001
CRP	42.3 [131.8]	72.1 [191.8]	<.001
Creatinine	4.7 [5.4]	4.4 [4.7]	.161
Sepsis as admission diagnosis	48 (16.1%)	42 (11.6%)	.111
Comorbidities			.218
Gastrointestinal	81 (26.3%)	105 (28.4%)	.545
ESLD	27 (8.8%)	32 (8.6%)	.957
Nephrology	182 (59.1%)	233 (63%)	.302
Pulmonary	108 (35.1%)	122 (33%)	.567
Neurological	53 (17.2%)	72 (19.5%)	.451
Cardiac	182 (59.1%)	230 (62.2%)	.415
Endocrine	155 (50.3%)	182 (49.2%)	.768
Hematology	81 (26.3%)	109 (29.5%)	.361
Malignancy	32 (10.4%)	43 (11.6%)	.610
Autoimmune	19 (6.2%)	31 (8.4%)	.270

Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; ESLD, end-stage liver disease; IQR, interquartile range.

* Data are presented as median [IQR] and number (%).