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Table 1 The demographic characteristics of the study group

From: Longevity and gender as the risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in southern Poland

Characteristics

Total (N = 613)

Male

(N = 289)

Female (N = 324)

OR (95%CI)

P-value

Age (years)

(median, quartiles)

72 (66;79)

70,0 (65;77)

74 (66;80)

N/A

0.0003

Step aging n (%)

<0.0001

 Young old

311 (100.0)

172 (55.3)

139 (44.7)

1.9 (1.42–2.69)

 Old old

272 (100.0)

110 (40.4)

162 (59.6)

0.4 (0.27–0.52)

 Longevity

30 (100.0)

7 (23.3)

23 (76.7)

0.3 (0.14–0.77)

Type of infection n (%)

0.0231

 PNU

47 (100.0)

22 (46.8)

25 (53.2)

0.9 (0.54–1.79)

 BSI

37 (100.0)

25 (67.6)

12 (32.4)

2.3 (1.09–4.60)

 SSTI

416 (100.0)

196 (47.1)

220 (52.9)

0.9 (0.71–1.39)

 EI

62 (100.0)

30 (48.4)

32 (51.6)

1.1 (0.63–1.79)

 Others

51 (100.0)

16 (31.4)

35 (68.6)

0.5 (0.26–0.89)

Place of the treatment infections n (%)

 INPATIENTS

430 (100.0)

213 (49.5)

217 (50.5)

1.4 (0.97–1.96)

0.0309

 LTCF

16 (100.0)

3 (18.8)

13 (81.6)

0.3 (0.07–0.89)

 OUTPATIENTS

167 (100.0)

73 (43.7)

94 (56.3)

0.8 (0.58–1.18)

Infections treated in hospitals (INPATIENTS N = 430, n (%))

 ICU

19 (100.0)

12 (62.3)

7 (36.8)

1.8 (0.69–4.64)

0.014

 non-ICU

411 (100.0)

201 (48.9)

210 (51.1)

  1. Abbreviations: PNU pneumonia, BSI bloodstream infection, SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, EI eye infection, INPATIENTS Hospital Infection, LCTF long term care facility, OUTPATIENTS Community Infection, ICU Intensive Care Unit, Non-ICU Non Intensive Care Unit, OR odds ratio, 95%CL 95% confidence interval, P-value probability value, N/A not applicable/ not available?