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. 2015 Jul 16;8:207–216. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S85249

Table 3.

Demographic characteristics and clinical manifestations in patients with necrotizing fasciitis, with severe sepsis and without severe sepsis (n=1,452)*

Characteristics Severe sepsis (n = 237) Without severe sepsis (n = 1,215) P-value
Sex 0.027
 Male 118 (49.8) 700 (57.7)
 Female 119 (50.2) 514 (42.3)
Age (years) <0.001
 <60 77 (32.9) 594 (49.3)
  ≥60 157 (67.1) 611 (50.7)
BMI 0.668
  ≤18.50 27 (13.1) 162 (14.9)
 18.51–29.99 161 (78.2) 844 (77.6)
  ≥30.00 18 (8.7) 81 (7.5)
Education <0.001
 No education 135 (57.2) 483 (39.8)
 Primary education 97 (41.1) 648 (53.4)
 Secondary education 4 (1.7) 56 (4.6)
 Bachelor’s degree and more 0 (0.0) 26 (2.2)
Occupation 0.010
 Elderly who stays at home 129 (54.4) 537 (44.2)
 Farmers/laborers 101 (42.6) 612 (50.4)
 Officials 7 (3.0) 65 (5.4)
Underlying disease
 Diabetes 70 (29.5) 308 (25.4) 0.195
 Heart disease 29 (12.3) 61 (5.0) <0.001
 Renal disease 13 (5.5) 30 (2.5) 0.019
 Cirrhosis 14 (5.9) 42 (3.5) 0.094
 Hypertension 107 (45.2) 406 (33.4) 0.001
 Gout 39 (16.5) 100 (8.3) <0.001
Chronic alcoholism 40 (16.9) 185 (15.2) 0.556
Wound appearance
 Soft tissue swell 193 (81.4) 1,018 (83.8) 0.390
 Erythema 154 (65.0) 587 (48.3) <0.001
 Bleb 133 (56.1) 489 (40.3) <0.001
 Necrosis 73 (30.8) 317 (26.1) 0.149
 Gangrene 8 (3.4) 29 (2.4) 0.368
Severe pain 222 (93.7) 1,045 (86.1) 0.001
Site of wound 0.384
 Head and neck 1 (0.4) 5 (0.4)
 Trunk 7 (3.0) 19 (1.6)
 Upper limb 47 (19.8) 213 (17.5)
 Lower limb 175 (73.9) 952 (78.3)
 Fournier’s gangrene 6 (2.5) 23 (1.9)
 Multiple sites 1 (0.4) 3 (0.3)
Hospital 0.718
 Chiang Rai 121 (51.1) 654 (53.8)
 Kamphaeng Phet 95 (40.1) 455 (37.5)
 Phayao 21 (8.8) 106 (8.7)

Notes: values are n (%).

*

Some variables have missing data, therefore, the total number of patients in each group maybe different from the number that shown in the title.

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.