Table 1.
Clinical data of study participants.
| Feature | Missing | No bacteraemia (n = 332) | Bacteraemia (n = 134) | p–value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.0% | 56.7 (41.9–69.0) | 60.1 (45.3–69.2) | 0.206 |
| BMI | 0.0% | 24.8 (21.6–28.8) | 24.8 (20.8–27.6) | 0.183 |
| Sex | 0.0% | 192: 140 (57.8%: 42.2%) | 71: 63 (53.0%: 47.0%) | 0.354 |
| AB naïvety | 0.0% | 264 (79.5%) | 116 (86.6%) | 0.087 |
| Catheter | 0.0% | 85 (25.6%) | 45 (33.6%) | 0.088 |
| Post–surgical | 0.0% | 22 (6.6%) | 7 (5.2%) | 0.777 |
| Neoplasm | 0.0% | 129 (38.9%) | 60 (44.8%) | 0.252 |
| HBR | 0.0% | 99 (92–107) | 100 (91–110) | 0.195 |
| RR | 0.0% | 20 (16–24) | 21 (16.5–24) | 0.094 |
| BT | 0.0% | 38.4 (38–38.9) | 38.5 (38.1–39.1) | 0.005* |
| SIRS–No# | 0.0% | 130:155:47 | 52:58:24 | 0.558 |
| COPD | 0.0% | 42 (12.8%) | 12 (9.0%) | 0.268 |
| Asplenia | 0.0% | 8 (2.4%) | 2 (1.5%) | 0.731 |
| Dysuria | 0.0% | 28 (8.5%) | 15 (11.2%) | 0.379 |
| Dialysis | 0.0% | 15 (4.5%) | 7 (5.2%) | 0.810 |
| Diabetes | 0.0% | 57 (17.2%) | 25 (18.7%) | 0.689 |
*significant after applying the Bonferroni-Holm correction, BMI = body mass index, AB naivety = antibiotics prior to blood culture sampling: yes:no, HBR = heart beat rate, RR = respiration rate, BT = body temperature, COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.