Table 3.

Statistical analyses of categorical and numerical variables in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia and patients colonized by Pneumocystis.

Clinical presentation	PCP (n = 39)	Colonization (n = 39)	p
Median age, years (range; IQR)	65 (26–78; 11)	67 (38–84; 11)	0.14#
Male gender, n (%)	26 (66.7)	23 (59)	0.48$
Positive BG result, n (%)	34	1	<10–14*,§
Serum BG level, pg/ml, median (range; IQR)	2,771 (31–5,000; 3,490)	31 (31–119; 23)	<10–3*,#
PCR Ct value in BALF samples, median (range; IQR)	23 (15–34; 8)	36.5 (30–38; 32)	<10–3*,#

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; BG (1,3)-β-D-glucan; Ct, cycle threshold; IQR, interquartile range; PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia.

^*Statistically significant.

^#Mann–Whitney test.

^$Chi-squared test.

^§Fisher’s exact test.