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Table 2 Patients’ biological characteristics and CIBLE score > 87 according to acute bacterial infection diagnosis

From: Association between low eosinophil count and acute bacterial infection, a prospective study in hospitalized older adults

Biological characteristics

Total

n = 156

Acute bacterial infection

n = 82 (52.6%)

Non-bacterial inflammation

n = 74 (47.4%)

p-value

Hemoglobin, g/dL (SD)

11.6 (1.9)

11.7 (1.9)

11.6 (1.9)

0.63

Platelet count, G/L (SD)

289.1 (114.3)

272.7 (118.1)

307.1 (107.8)

0.06

Serum albumin, g/L (SD)

29.4 (5.3)

29.2 (5.5)

29.7 (5.1)

0.56

CRP, mg/L (SD)

103.9 (86.6)

114.1 (87.3)

92.5 (84.9)

0.12

Missing values (%)

1 (0.6)

0

1 (1.4)

 

Eosinophil count, G/L (SD)

0.1 (0.2)

0.1 (0.1)

0.2 (0.2)

< 0.001

Neutrophil count, G/L (SD)

9.6 (4.7)

10.7 (5.8)

8.4 (2.5)

0.001

Lymphocyte count, G/L (SD)

1.3 (0.7)

1.1 (0.6)

1.4 (0.7)

0.007

Eosinophil < 0.01 G/L (%)

52 (33.3)

40 (48.8)

12 (16.2)

< 0.001

Eosinophil < 0.04 G/L (%)

65 (41.7)

46 (56.1)

19 (25.7)

< 0.001

Eosinophil * 1000/PMN < 4 (%)

59 (37.8)

43 (52.4)

16 (21.6)

< 0.001

CIBLE score > 87 (%)

72 (46.2)

51 (62.2)

21 (28.4)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Data presented as mean (SD) or numbers (%)
  2. Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; SD, Standard Deviation