Table 5.
Analysis of risk factors related to bacterial infections upon ICU admission in female patients. OR: Odds Ratio; ∗: p<0.05; ∗∗: p<0.01.
| Risk factor | MRSA colonization | VRE colonization | ||||||
| Present [n] | Absent [n] | OR | P value | Present [n] | Absent [n] | OR | P value | |
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| Age > 65 years | 13 | 207 | 1.017 | >0.9999 | 2 | 241 | Infinity | >0.9999 |
| Carmeli score | 9 | 166 | 0.7349 | 0.6254 | 2 | 189 | Infinity | 0.5062 |
| Respiratory diseases | 6 | 53 | 2.217 | 0.128 | 1 | 66 | 4.121 | 0.3558 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 11 | 159 | 1.275 | 0.8077 | 1 | 176 | 0.9205 | >0.9999 |
| Chronic renal failure | 0 | 4 | 0 | >0.9999 | 0 | 5 | 0 | >0.9999 |
| Chronic liver diseases | 1 | 7 | 2.361 | 0.3879 | 0 | 12 | 0 | >0.9999 |
| Cancer | 2 | 24 | 1.375 | 0.6571 | 1 | 32 | 9.563 | 0.185 |
| Hematologic malignancy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 68 | 0.6471 | 0.7734 | 0 | 82 | 0 | >0.9999 |
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| Risk factor | ESBL colonization | CRE colonization | ||||||
| Present [n] | Absent [n] | OR | P value | Present [n] | Absent [n] | OR | P value | |
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| Age > 65 years | 50 | 376 | 0.8673 | 0.5843 | 83 | 311 | 0.8217 | 0.4234 |
| Carmeli score | 44 | 288 | 1.254 | 0.3828 | 64 | 239 | 0.8879 | 0.6051 |
| Respiratory diseases | 9 | 81 | 0.7726 | 0.6011 | 28 | 74 | 1.44 | 0.1472 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 35 | 277 | 0.8279 | 0.4564 | 49 | 238 | 0.5433 | 0.0038∗∗ |
| Chronic renal failure | 4 | 6 | 5.024 | 0.0241∗ | 4 | 4 | 3.624 | 0.0754 |
| Chronic liver diseases | 3 | 15 | 1.46 | 0.472 | 6 | 12 | 1.809 | 0.2501 |
| Cancer | 8 | 37 | 1.627 | 0.2362 | 10 | 38 | 0.9246 | >0.9999 |
| Hematologic malignancy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes mellitus | 19 | 118 | 1.217 | 0.5518 | 28 | 108 | 0.8921 | 0.7208 |