Table 3 Differences in Age, Sex, Race, Exposure Category, CD4+ Lymphocyte Count, and APACHE II Score
From: Bacteremia in hospitalized patients with human immunodeficiency virus: A prospective, cohort study
Blood stream infectiona | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Present (n = 88) | Absent (n = 1,137) | P |
Age, mean ± SD, y | 38.3 ± 9.3 | 38.2 ± 8.9 | 0.9261 |
Sex | 0.4045 | ||
Male | 50 (7) | 704 (93) | |
Female | 38 (8) | 433 (92) | |
Race | 0.0013 | ||
African American | 83 (8) | 943 (92) | |
White | 3 (2) | 187 (98) | |
Hispanic | 2 (22) | 7 (78) | |
Exposure category | 0.4231 | ||
Injection drug use | 23 (7) | 310 (93) | |
Heterosexual contact | 19 (10) | 175 (90) | |
Homosexual contact | 3 (2) | 135 (98) | |
Commercial sex work and | 2 (6) | 30 (94) | |
injection drug use | |||
Homosexual contact and | 2 (7) | 28 (93) | |
injection drug use | |||
Commercial sex work | 2 (7) | 27 (93) | |
Blood transfusion | 1 (5) | 21 (95) | |
Needle stick | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | |
Unidentified | 36 (8) | 410 (92) | |
CD4+ lymphocyte count, | 0.173 ± 0.278 (0.059) | 0.158 ± 0.218 (0.060) | 0.6967 |
mean ± SD (median), × 109/L | |||
White blood cell count, | 9.0 ± 6.6 (6.5) | 6.3 ± 4.6 (4.9) | 0.0002 |
mean ± SD (median), × 109/L | |||
APACHE II score, | 19.8 ± 7.9 (18) | 14.3 ± 6.6 (13) | < 0.0001 |
mean ± SD (median) | |||