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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, symptoms and underlying diseases of patients with K. pneumoniae liver abscess with sepsis or without sepsis

From: Clinical features and development of Sepsis in Klebsiella pneumoniae infected liver abscess patients: a retrospective analysis of 135 cases

Characteristic

Total

n = 135

KPLA with sepsis

n = 37

KPLA without sepsis

n = 98

P value

Age (year)

60.9 ± 12.7

61.1 ± 12.1

60.8 ± 13.0

0.902

Gender

   

0.227

 Male,n (%)

80 (59.3)

25 (67.6)

55 (56.1)

 

 Female,n (%)

55 (40.7)

12 (32.4)

43 (43.9)

 

Symptoms

 Body temperature (≥38.5 °C)

80 (59.3)

21 (56.8)

59 (60.2)

0.716

 Fever

123 (91.1)

35 (94.6)

88 (89.8)

0.511a

 Chills

81 (60.0)

24 (64.9)

57 (58.2)

0.478

 Abdominal pain

58 (43.0)

4 (10.8)

54 (55.1)

0.000

 Nausea

17 (12.6)

5 (13.5)

12 (12.2)

0.843

 Vomiting

16 (11.9)

7 (18.9)

9 (9.2)

0.119

 Frailty

24 (17.8)

12 (32.4)

12 (12.2)

0.006

 Diarrhea

9 (6.7)

7 (18.9)

2 (2.0)

0.002a

Underlying conditions

 Diabetes mellitus

67 (50.0)

20 (54.1)

47 (48.0)

0.528

 Hypertension

51 (37.8)

17 (45.9)

34 (34.7)

0.229

 Fatty liver

16 (11.9)

9 (24.3)

7 (7.1)

0.006

 Cholelithiasis

29 (21.5)

4 (10.8)

25 (25.5)

0.064

 Viral hepatitis

32 (23.7)

7 (18.9)

25 (25.5)

0.422

 Cardiovascular diseases

25 (18.5)

5 (13.5)

20 (20.4)

0.358

 Chronic renal insufficiency

14 (10.4)

13 (35.1)

1 (1.0)

0.000a

 Hepatic dysfunction

21 (15.6)

17 (45.9)

4 (4.1)

0.000a

 Abdominal surgery history

9 (6.7)

0

9 (9.2)

0.063a

  1. a Calculated with the Fisher’s exact test