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. 2020 Dec 28;15(12):e0243449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243449

Table 2. Univariate analysis comparing cancer patients who did and did not develop sepsis within 1 year of cancer diagnosis.

No sepsis Sepsis p value
(n = 115011) (n = 4368)
Age (years) 55 (49–59) 57 (51–60) < 0.001
Male gender, n (%) 44199 (38.4%) 2248 (51.5%) < 0.001
CCI 1–2, n (%) 32731 (29.1%) 1647 (38.8%) < 0.001
CCI >2, n (%) 3884 (3.5%) 348 (8.2%) < 0.001
Metastases at diagnosis, n (%) 12064 (10.5%) 718 (16.4%) < 0.001
Myocardial infarction, n (%) 891 (0.8%) 46 (1.1%) 0.037
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 1539 (1.4%) 126 (3.0%) < 0.001
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 2815 (2.5%) 185 (4.4%) < 0.001
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) 3123 (2.8%) 180 (4.2%) < 0.001
Dementia, n (%) 41 (<0.1%) 1 (<0.1%) 0.663
Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%) 12049 (10.7%) 635 (15.0%) < 0.001
Rheumatic disease, n (%) 2327 (2.1%) 104 (2.4%) 0.090
Mild liver disease, n (%) 5634 (5.0%) 427 (10.1%) < 0.001
Diabetes without chronic complication, n (%) 16217 (14.4%) 908 (21.4%) < 0.001
Diabetes with chronic complication, n (%) 2297 (2.0%) 168 (4.0%) < 0.001
Hemiplegia or paraplegia, n (%) 216 (0.2%) 15 (0.4%) 0.021
Renal disease, n (%) 1672 (1.5%) 167 (3.9%) < 0.001
Moderate or severe liver disease, n (%) 372 (0.3%) 43 (1.0%) < 0.001
AIDS / HIV, n (%) 362 (0.3%) 40 (0.9%) < 0.001
Cancer site, n (%) < 0.001
    digestive 17751 (15.4%) 1108 (25.4%)
    genitourinary 16211 (14.1%) 395 (9.0%)
    head and neck 2091 (1.8%) 87 (2.0%)
    hematological malignancy 10049 (8.7%) 796 (18.2%)
    Musculoskeletal/breast 36786 (32.0%) 512 (11.7%)
    other site 23219 (20.2%) 987 (22.6%)
    respiratory system 8904 (7.7%) 483 (11.1%)

CCI: Charlson comorbidity index.