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. 2015 Jun 19;21(9):672–679. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.06.003

Table 4.

Comparison of baseline characteristics between urinary antigen test-positive and urinary antigen test-negative groups.

Positive UAT
(n = 248)
Negative UAT
(n = 192)
p-Value
Male – no. (%) 159 (64.1) 134 (69.8) 0.210
Age – mean (SD) 66.22 (13.8) 65.99 (13.9) 0.867
Age – no. (%) 0.514
19–50 30 (12.1) 29 (15.1)
51–65 66 (26.6) 44 (22.9)
>65 152 (61.3) 119 (62)
Prior antibiotic use, no. (%) 34 (13.7) 20 (10.4) 0.296
Bacteremia, no. (%) 12 (5.0) 5 (2.8) 0.269
30d mortality, no. (%) 19 (7.9) 11 (5.7) 0.380



CXR, no. (%) Interstitial 87 (35.1) 76 (39.6) 0.332
Lobar 72 (29.0) 34 (17.7) 0.006
bronchopneumonia 89 (35.9) 82 (42.7) 0.145
C-reactive protein (mg/L) mean(range) 134.35 (104.4) 108.53 (89.3) 0.007
Risk group, no. (%) 0.330
Low 81 (32.7) 75 (39.1)
Moderate 115 (46.4) 84 (43.8)
High 52 (21.0) 33 (17.2)
CURB-65 score, no. (%) 0.275
0–1 173 (69.8) 143 (74.5)
2–5 75 (30.2) 49 (25.5)



Comorbidity, no. (%) Splenectomy 0 0
Hematologic malignancy 0 2 (1.0) 0.190
Multiple myeloma 2 (0.5) 0 0.507
Chemotherapy 30 (12.1) 16 (8.3) 0.201
Chronic renal failure 2 (0.8) 1 (0.5) 1.000
Nephrotic syndrome 1 (0.4) 1 (0.5) 1.000
Transplantation 0 0
Steroid 27 (10.9) 19 (9.9) 0.736
HIV 1 (0.4) 0 1.000
Diabetes 53 (21.4) 26 (13.5) 0.034
Chronic liver disease 5 (2.0) 1 (0.5) 0.238
Chronic pulmonary disease 45 (18.1) 45 (23.4) 0.172
Chronic cardiovascular disease 17 (6.9) 8 (4.2) 0.227
Smoking 59 (24.4) 53 (28.3) 0.354
Alcohol 45 (18.5) 27 (14.4) 0.251
Cerebrovascular disease 10 (4.0) 7 (3.6) 0.835
Neurodegenerative disease 5 (2.0) 4 (2.1) 1.000
Neuromuscular diseases 0 1 (0.5) 0.436



Complication, no. (%) Empyema 0 1 (0.5) 0.436
Lung abscess 0 0
ARDS 2 (0.8) 0 0.507
HUS 0 0

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome.