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Demographic characteristics and prevalence of ESBL-PE carriage in the study population
| Variable | Hospitalized patients (n = 51) |
Healthy volunteers (n = 38) |
Total (n = 89) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Men, n (%) | 15 (29%) | 23 (60%) | 38 (43%) |
| Women n (%) | 36 (71%) | 15 (40%) | 51 (57%) |
| Age groups (years) | |||
| 1–11 n (%) | 18 (35%) | 3 (8%) | 21 (24%) |
| 12–24 n (%) | 13 (26%) | 9 (24%) | 22 (25%) |
| 25–54 n (%) | 20 (39%) | 26 (68%) | 46 (51%) |
| ESBL-PE carriers (%) | 51% | 38% | 44.5% |
