Table 1.
Comparison according to general characteristics and clinical profile of patients (N= 312)
| General Characteristics and clinical profile at admission | Group 1 Presence of HAI (N= 39) |
Group 2 Absence of HAI (N= 273) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| General characteristics | |||||
| Average Age +(+/- SD) | 44.8 +/- 21.1 years | 44.8 + /- 22.7 years | 0.99 | ||
| Female | 26 | 66.7 | 151 | 55.3 | 0.18 |
| Admission clinical profile | |||||
| History of hospitalization in the last 12 months | 11 | 28.2 | 90 | 33 | 0.55 |
| Antibiotic therapy in the last 3 months | 14 | 41.2 | 62 | 25.5 | 0.05 |
| Diabetes | 8 | 20.5 | 56 | 20.5 | 1 |
| Obesity | 6 | 15.4 | 46 | 16.8 | 0.81 |
| Immunosuppression | 11 | 28.2 | 53 | 19.4 | 0.20 |
| Neutropenia | 7 | 17.9 | 5 | 1.8 | <10-4 |
| Admission characteristics | |||||
| Emergency admission | 21 | 53.8 | 114 | 41.8 | 0.15 |
| Transfer | 1 | 2.6 | 13 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
Test of Student was used to compare average age between the two groups of patients