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. 2020 Dec 2;8:e10453. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10453

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of patients infected with uropathogenic E. coli (N = 208).

Parameter No. of isolates (%) Chi-square Degree of freedom p-value
Gender
Female 154 (74.0) 48.08a 1 <0.0001
Male 54 (26.0)
Age (years)
<14 11 (5.3) 265.02b 4 <0.0001
15–24 6 (2.9)
25–44 15 (7.2)
45–64 43 (20.7)
≥65 133 (63.9)
Type of samples
Midstream urine 58 (27.9) 40.69a 1 <0.0001
catheter urine 150 (72.1)
Hospital Unit
Out-patient 22 (10.6) 188.23c 7 <0.0001
In-patient
Internal medicine 80 (38.5)
ER 45 (21.6)
ICU 34 (16.3)
Surgery 12 (5.8)
Pediatrics 8 (3.8)
Stroke 5 (2.4)
Burn 2 (1.0)
MDR stains
MDR 129 (62.0) 12.02a 1 0.001
Non-MDR 79 (38.0)

Notes.

a

0 cells (.0%) have expected frequencies less than 5. The minimum expected cell frequency is 104.0.

b

0 cells (.0%) have expected frequencies less than 5. The minimum expected cell frequency is 41.6.

c

0 cells (.0%) have expected frequencies less than 5. The minimum expected cell frequency is 26.0.