Table 1 Urine culture results from patients living in a nursing home (NH) compared to community dwelling elderly (CD) in Vestfold County, Norway 2010

NH

Female

n (%)

133 (72.7)

11 (6.0)

5 (2.7)

8 (4.4)

4 (2.2)

22 (12.0)

Male

n (%)

15 (30.6)

8 (16.3)

6 (12.2)

4 (8.2)

2 (4.1)

14 (28.6)

p-value

< 0.01^b

0.47

0.28

0.61

0.55

0.21

CD

Female

n (%)

1987 (70.1)

212 (7.5)

165 (5.8)

93 (3.3)

32 (1.1)

344 (12.1)

Male

n (%)

288 (39.9)

129 (17.9)

43 (6.0)

38 (5.3)

25 (3.5)

198 (27.5)

p-value

< 0.01^c

< 0.01^c

0.96

0.59

0.54

< 0.01^c

NH

n (%)

148 (63.8)

19 (8.2)

11 (4.7)

12 (5.2)

6 (2.6)

36 (15.5)

CD

n (%)

2275 (64.0)

341 (9.6)

208 (5.9)

131 (3.7)

57 (1.6)

542 (15.3)

Total

n

2423

360

219

143

63

578

p-value

0.48

0.42

0.43

0.6

0.86

0.49