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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with and without HCAI (n, %)

From: Estimating extra length of stay and risk factors of mortality attributable to healthcare-associated infection at a Chinese university hospital: a multi-state model

Characteristic

HCAI

(N = 1709)

No HCAI

(N = 49,982)

Total

(N = 51,691)

P-value

Gender

 Female (n, %)

616 (36.04%)

19,271 (38.56%)

19,887 (38.47%)

0.036

 Male

1093 (63.96%)

30,711 (61.44%)

31,804 (61.53%)

Age

 Mean (n, SD)

54.1 (19.95)

50.64 (18.36)

50.76 (18.42)

< 0.001

 < 65

1201 (70.28%)

39,299 (78.63%)

40,500 (78.35%)

< 0.001

 > =65

508 (29.72%)

10,683 (21.37%)

11,191 (21.65%)

Department

 Medicine

297 (17.38%)

11,848 (23.70%)

12,145 (23.50%)

< 0.001

 Surgical

700 (40.96%)

27,022 (54.06%)

27,722 (53.63%)

 ICU

386 (22.59%)

1808 (3.62%)

2194 (4.24%)

 Pediatric

96 (5.62%)

1471 (2.94%)

1567 (3.03%)

 Psychiatric

157 (9.19%)

6256 (12.52%)

6413 (12.41%)

 Chinese traditional medicine

73 (4.27%)

1577 (3.16%)

1650 (3.19%)

LOS

 Mean (SD)

28.71 (23.501)

13.90 (12.418)

14.51 (13.201)

< 0.001

Discharge outcome

 Discharge alive

1614 (94.44%)

49,614 (99.26%)

51,228 (99.10%)

< 0.001

 Inpatient mortality

95 (5.56%)

368 (0.74%)

463 (0.90%)