Table 2.
Correlation analysis of two specimens and variables
| Sex | Age | LRTI | T-Ab | A-Ab | T-Kpn | A-Kpn | T-SA | A-SA | T-PA | A-PA | T-NM | A-NM | T-other | A-other | T-SUM | A-SUM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Age | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| LRTI | – | 0.563** | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| T-Ab | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||||||
| A-Ab | – | – | – | 0.676** | 1 | ||||||||||||
| T-Kpn | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||||
| A-Kpn | – | – | – | – | – | 0.687** | 1 | ||||||||||
| T-SA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||
| A-SA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.73** | 1 | ||||||||
| T-PA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| A-PA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.951** | 1 | ||||||
| T-NM | – | – | – | −0.512** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||
| A-NM | – | – | – | – | −0.496** | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.782** | 1 | ||||
| T-other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| A-other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.45** | 1 | ||
| T-SUM | – | – | – | 0.512** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | −1** | −0.782** | – | – | 1 | |
| A-SUM | – | – | – | 0.417** | 0.511** | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.757** | −0.97** | – | – | 0.757** | 1 |
**: P < 0.01
LRTI Lower respiratory tract infection, Ab Acinetobacter baumannii, Kpn Klebsiella pneumoniae, PA Pseudomonas aeruginosa, SA Staphylococcus aureus, NM Normal microbiotas, T Endotracheal tube specimens, A endotracheal aspirate specimens