Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of 1315 sepsis case hospitalizations.
| Variable | All Participants (N = 1315) |
Cancer Survivors (N = 351) |
No Cancer History (N = 964) |
p value1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infection Type (%) | ||||
| Pneumonia | 515 (39.16) | 141 (40.17) | 374 (38.80) | 0.85 |
| Urinary tract infections | 226 (17.19) | 60 (17.09) | 166 (17.22) | |
| Abdominal | 201 (15.29) | 58 (16.52) | 143 (14.83) | |
| Bronchitis | 121 (9.20) | 25 (7.12) | 96 (9.96) | |
| Skin | 100 (7.60) | 26 (7.41) | 74 (7.68) | |
| Sepsis | 87 (6.62) | 25 (7.12) | 62 (6.43) | |
| Fever of unknown origin | 27 (2.05) | 6 (1.71) | 21 (2.18) | |
| Catheter/Other | 38 (2.89) | 10 (2.85) | 28 (2.90) | |
| SOFA (%) | ||||
| 0 | 913 (69.43) | 225 (64.10) | 688 (71.37) | 0.04 |
| 1 | 135 (10.27) | 41 (11.68) | 94 (9.75) | |
| ≥2 | 267 (20.30) | 85 (24.22) | 182 (18.88) | |
| ICU Admission (%) | 61 (4.64) | 20 (5.70) | 41 (4.25) | 0.27 |
| Hospital Case-Fatality2 (%) | 66 (12.09) | 28 (7.98) | 38 (3.94) | <0.01 |
% - Represents the column percentages.
1
Significance for comparison between cancer survivors and no history of cancer participants with sepsis; determined using Chi-square tests.
2
Defined as in-hospital death attributed to sepsis.
SOFA=Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score. ICU=Intensive Care Unit