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. 2020 Feb 10;20:118. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-4842-1

Table 2.

Characteristics of patient-charts with an antibiotic prescription in the last 12 months (n = 224)

Variable All patients with at least one antibiotic prescription Patients with at least one antibiotic prescription for SSTI p-value
Total N = 224 Total N = 86
n (%) n (%)
Gender 0.0939
 Male 91 (40.63) 44 (51.16)
 Female 133 (59.38) 42 (48.84)
Age 0.6956
 18–30 95 (42.41) 39 (45.35)
 31–40 51 (22.77) 15 (17.44)
 41–50 40 (17.86) 18 (20.93)
 51–60 20 (8.93) 10 (11.63)
 61–70 12 (5.36) 2 (2.33)
 70+ 6 (2.68) 2 (2.33)
Creatinine Clearnance 0.8741
  < 60 mL/min 10 (4.46) 5 (5.81)
  > 60 mL/min 197 (87.95) 75 (87.21)
 Missing 17 (7.59) 6 (6.98)
Pre-existing conditions
 Diabetes 48 (21.43) 18 (20.93) 0.9235
 Cardiac disease 42 (18.75) 19 (22.09) 0.5074
 Alcohol use disorder 40 (17.86) 20 (23.26) 0.2814
 Renal disease 13 (5.80) 7 (8.14) 0.4535
 Pregnancy 12 (5.36) 0 (0.00) 0.0416
 Liver disease 10 (4.46) 4 (4.65) 1.000
 COPD 6 (2.68) 2 (2.33) 1.000
 Immuno-compromised 3 (1.34) 2 (2.33) 0.6198
 Asplenia 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
 Other disease 103 (45.98) 38 (44.19) 0.7762
Presence of medical device
 Urinary catheter 1 (0.45) 1 (1.16) 0.4785
 Central line 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
 Other device 5 (2.23) 2 (2.33) 1.0000