Table 1. KLA patient characteristics (n = 70).

Variable	Mean / Frequency
Demographics
Age, mean years ± SD (range)	59.8 ± 11.9 (30–86)
Male gender	56/70 (80.0%)
Ethnicity
Chinese	53/70 (75.7%)
Malay	15/70 (21.4%)
Indian	1/70 (1.4%)
Others	1/70 (1.4%)
Underlying disease
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	33/70 (47.1%)
Cardiovascular disease	29/70 (41.4%)
Hypertension	24/70 (34.3%)
Hyperlipidemia	22/70 (31.4%)
Gastrointestinal tract disease	11/70 (15.7%)
Anaemia	10/70 (14.3%)
Biliary tract disease	9/70 (12.9%)
Neurologic disease	7/70 (10%)
Pulmonary disease	5/70 (7.1%)
Chronic kidney disease	5/70 (7.1%)
Hepatic disease	5/70 (7.1%)
Malignancy	4/70 (5.7%)
Hepatitis B	4/70 (5.7%)
Gallstones	2/70 (2.9%)
Radiological imaging
Size of liver abscess, mean mm ± SD (range)	57.6 ± 30.6 (10–140)
Multiple liver abscesses	28/70 (40.0%)