Table 2 |
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Sample characteristics |
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Cases (N = 43) |
Controls (N = 97) |
P value |
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Age |
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Mean (std. dev.) |
62.1 (16.8) |
66.6 (16.2) |
0.143 |
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Gender |
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female |
24 (56%) |
55 (57%) |
0.922 |
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male |
19 (44%) |
42 (43%) |
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Professional status |
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employed |
14 (33%) |
22 (23%) |
0.319 |
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retired |
25 (58%) |
69 (71%) |
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unemployed |
4 (9%) |
6 (6%) |
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ASIS |
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1 |
5 (12%) |
19 (20%) |
0.397 |
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2 |
13 (31%) |
28 (30%) |
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3 |
7 (17%) |
21 (23%) |
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4 |
14 (33%) |
18 (19%) |
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5 |
3 (7%) |
7 (8%) |
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Department |
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UCC |
4 (9%) |
10 (10%) |
0.897 |
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TIPO |
12 (28%) |
26 (27%) |
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RIA |
15 (35%) |
39 (40%) |
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ID |
12 (28%). |
22 (23%) |
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Type of admission |
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surgical |
3 (7%) |
9 (9%) |
0.654 |
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medical |
40 (93%) |
88 (91%) |
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Type of BSI |
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lab confirmed |
18 (42%) |
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clinical sepsis |
25 (58%) |
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Test Chi-2 for categorical variables, Student t test for normally distributed data and Mann Whitney U test for ordinal and non-normally distributed (skewed) data. |
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Tarricone et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2010 8:8 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-8-8 |
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