Table 4.
RTHA sample characteristics by local antibiotic use.
| Local antibiotics |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 37) | Yes (n = 43) | p-value | |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.875 | ||
| Female | 20 (54.1) | 24 (55.8) | |
| Male | 17 (45.9) | 19 (44.2) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 63.5 (17.7) | 65 (11.9) | 0.651 |
| Smoker, n (%) | 7 (18.9) | 13 (30.2) | 0.244 |
| BMI > 30, n (%) | 12 (32.4) | 16 (37.2) | 0.655 |
| HTN, n (%) | 20 (54.1) | 25 (58.1) | 0.713 |
| Heart Disease, n (%) | 7 (18.9) | 8 (18.6) | 0.971 |
| DM, n (%) | 8 (21.6) | 4 (9.3) | 0.208 |
| COPD, n (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.7) | 0.497 |
| Rheumatoid, n (%) | 6 (16.2) | 3 (7) | 0.290 |
| Lupus, n (%) | 2 (5.4) | 0 (0) | 0.211 |
| Creatinine, mean (SD) | 1 (0.4) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.312 |
| BUN, mean (SD) | 17.3 (7.2) | 15.6 (5.4) | 0.227 |