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Table 1 Co-morbid medical factors associated with risk for development of Klebsiella species bloodstream infection

From: Occurrence and determinants of Klebsiella species bloodstream infection in the western interior of British Columbia, Canada

Factor

Estimated prevalence in western interior

Cases

Incidence with factor (per 100,000 population per year)

Incidence without factor (per 100,000 population per year)

IRR (95% CI)

P-value

CVA (age 20+)

2.6%

16

81.1

13.9

5.9 (3.3–9.9)

<  0.0001

Renal (age 20+)

3.1%

18

58.8

13.8

4.3 (2.5–7.0)

< 0.0001

Cancer*

4%

45

36.1

9.4

3.8 (2.6–5.5)

<  0.0001

CHF (age 20+)

2%

10

50.1

14.5

3.50 (1.6–6.6)

0.0012

Dementia (age 40+)

3%

12

57.5

19.9

2.9 (1.5–5.2)

0.002

Diabetes

9%

31

27.6

10.6

2.6 (1.7–3.9)

<  0.0001

COPD (age 35+)

10%

30

39.2

16.8

2.3 (1.5–3.5)

0.0002

MI (age 20+)

8%

13

16.5

15.1

1.1 (0.6–1.9)

0.7

PVD (age 40+)

4%

3

10.1

20.1

0.5 (0.1–1.5)

0.2

Liver

10.0%

15

12.0

12.1

1.0 (0.5–1.7)

1.0

Peptic Ulcer

4.2%

10

24.1

14.8

1.6 (0.8–3.1)

0.2

Rheumatic Disease (age 20+)

2.9%

7

24.5

14.9

1.6 (0.6–3.5)

0.2

  1. * Cancer includes solid tumors, leukemia, and lymphoma. Incidence rate ratio (IRR); cerebrovascular accident (CVA); congestive heart failure (CHF); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); myocardial infarction (MI); peripheral vascular disease (PVD)