Multi-center prospective study on central line-associated bloodstream infections in 79 ICUs of China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Characteristics of patients and catheters enrolled in the study

Characteristics	No./\(\overline{X}\) ± S (Q1, Q2, Q3)
Gender, no.
Male	24,082
Female	14,130
Age, y	59.94 ± 21.11 (48, 63, 76)
APACHE II score, no.	21.44 ± 9.14 (14, 19, 25)
LOS in ICU before CLABSI, d	10.96 ± 16.61 (3, 6, 12)
Catheter site, no.
Subclavian	18,141
Jugular	18,230
Femoral	8917
Multi-position catheterization	690
Device days, d	9.82 ± 13.30 (3, 6, 11)

LOS in ICU before CLABSI: patients without CLABSI counts from the day of ICU admission to the day out of ICU
Device days: only catheter insert in ICU and during the ICU admission periods had only one catheter counts (N = 25,360, CLABSI number = 517). Counts from the day of indwell to the day of CLABSI/removal or days of discharged from the ICU
APACHE II score: 12,119 patients’ APACHE II scores were not available due to incomplete data on Acute Physiology Score (APS) items
Multi-position catheterization: there are more than two catheters at the same time

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