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. 2022 Feb 23;3:44–53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.02.008

Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics of cases with secondary infections (SIs) at different sites (n=1940)

Parameters BSI
UTI
SSTI
HAP
P-value
n % n % n % n %
Total – % of total COVID-19 cases 598 3.0 809 4.1 51 0.3 482 2.4
Total – % of cases with SIs 598 30.8 809 41.7 51 2.6 482 24.8
Sex Male 395 31.5 474 37.8 31 2.5 355 28.3 <0.001
Female 203 29.6 335 48.9 20 2.9 127 18.5
Age (years) Mean (SD) 62.6 (13.8) 62.9 (14.1) 61.3 (15.0) 62.4 (13.5) 0.315
Diabetes Yes 350 32.8 463 43.4 14 1.3 239 22.4 <0.001
No 248 28.4 346 39.6 37 4.2 243 27.8

BSI, bloodstream infection; UTI, urinary tract infection; SSTI, skin and soft tissue infection; HAP, hospital-acquired pneumonia; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SD, standard deviation.