Table 1.
The demographic characteristics of the study group
| Characteristics | Total (N = 613) | Male (N = 289) |
Female (N = 324) | OR (95%CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) (median, quartiles) |
72 (66;79) | 70,0 (65;77) | 74 (66;80) | N/A | 0.0003 |
| Step aging n (%) | <0.0001 | ||||
| Young old | 311 (100.0) | 172 (55.3) | 139 (44.7) | 1.9 (1.42–2.69) | |
| Old old | 272 (100.0) | 110 (40.4) | 162 (59.6) | 0.4 (0.27–0.52) | |
| Longevity | 30 (100.0) | 7 (23.3) | 23 (76.7) | 0.3 (0.14–0.77) | |
| Type of infection n (%) | 0.0231 | ||||
| PNU | 47 (100.0) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | 0.9 (0.54–1.79) | |
| BSI | 37 (100.0) | 25 (67.6) | 12 (32.4) | 2.3 (1.09–4.60) | |
| SSTI | 416 (100.0) | 196 (47.1) | 220 (52.9) | 0.9 (0.71–1.39) | |
| EI | 62 (100.0) | 30 (48.4) | 32 (51.6) | 1.1 (0.63–1.79) | |
| Others | 51 (100.0) | 16 (31.4) | 35 (68.6) | 0.5 (0.26–0.89) | |
| Place of the treatment infections n (%) | |||||
| INPATIENTS | 430 (100.0) | 213 (49.5) | 217 (50.5) | 1.4 (0.97–1.96) | 0.0309 |
| LTCF | 16 (100.0) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.6) | 0.3 (0.07–0.89) | |
| OUTPATIENTS | 167 (100.0) | 73 (43.7) | 94 (56.3) | 0.8 (0.58–1.18) | |
| Infections treated in hospitals (INPATIENTS N = 430, n (%)) | |||||
| ICU | 19 (100.0) | 12 (62.3) | 7 (36.8) | 1.8 (0.69–4.64) | 0.014 |
| non-ICU | 411 (100.0) | 201 (48.9) | 210 (51.1) | ||
Abbreviations: PNU pneumonia, BSI bloodstream infection, SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, EI eye infection, INPATIENTS Hospital Infection, LCTF long term care facility, OUTPATIENTS Community Infection, ICU Intensive Care Unit, Non-ICU Non Intensive Care Unit, OR odds ratio, 95%CL 95% confidence interval, P-value probability value, N/A not applicable/ not available?