TABLE 1.
General demographic data of participants
| Variable | Infected patients |
Healthy controls (n = 20) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
A. baumannii (n = 34) |
A. nosocomialis (n = 14) |
Other bacteria (n = 16) |
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| Age, yrs, avg (SD)a | 60.4 (15) | 59.6 (22) | 62.9 (12) | 56.6 (11) | NSb |
| Female, n (%) | 15 (44) | 8 (57) | 7 (44) | 13 (65) | NS |
| Underlying condition, n (%) | |||||
| Diabetes | 11 (31) | 4 (29) | 9 (56) | 0 | NS |
| Thalassemia | 1 (2.8) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 | NS |
| Kidney disease | 5 (14) | 5 (36) | 9 (56) | 0 | 0.0053h |
| Hypertension | 11 (31) | 6 (43) | 9 (56) | 0 | NS |
| Reported organism culture positive, n (%) | AB,d 34 (100) | AB, 14 (100) | EC,e 8 (50) KP,f 3 (17) PA,g 3 (17) EC+KP, 2 (13) |
NA | NAc |
a
SD, standard deviation.
b
NS, nonsignificant.
c
NA, not applicable.
d
AB, A. baumannii.
e
EC, E. coli.
f
KP, K. pneumoniae.
g
PA, P. aeruginosa.
h
Other bacteria groups compared to either A. baumannii or A. nosocomialis group.