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Table 2 Risk factors in patients with persistent and non-persistent candidal infections

From: Machine-learning based prediction of prognostic risk factors in patients with invasive candidiasis infection and bacterial bloodstream infection: a singled centered retrospective study

 

Persistent candidal infection (%) (n = 138)

Non-persistent candidal infection (%) (n = 63)

Statistic

P value

Male

88 (63.31%)

39 (61.90%)

0.065

0.799

Age (years)a

64.50 (54.00, 74.00)

61.00 (52.50, 70.50)

1.324

0.185

Length of stay (days)a

51.00 (34.00, 87.00)

50.00 (37.00, 72.00)

0.341

0.733

Length of stay in ICUa

16.00 (0.00, 36.75)

8.00 (0.00, 23.50)

2.222

0.026

Solid tumor

54 (39.13%)

23 (36.51%)

0.126

0.723

Diabetes

31 (22.46%)

9 (14.29%)

4.721

0.030

Pancreatitisb

16 (11.59%)

5 (0.79%)

0.618

0.432

Total parenteral nutrition

108 (78.26%)

53 (84.13%)

0.934

0.334

Renal failure

23 (16.67%)

7 (11.11%)

1.051

0.035

Recent surgery (within 2 weeks)

60 (43.48%)

30 (47.62%)

0.300

0.584

Use immunosuppressants within the past 30 daysb

9 (6.52%)

4 (6.35%)

–

1.000b

Stay in ICU during hospitalization

101 (73.19%)

39 (61.90%)

2.605

0.107

Hypoproteinemia

95 (68.84%)

38 (60.32%)

1.404

0.236

Invasive mechanical ventilation

94 (68.11%)

37 (58.73%)

1.679

0.195

Urinary catheter

121 (87.68%)

50 (79.37%)

2.356

0.125

Gastric tube

96 (69.57%)

43 (68.25%)

0.035

0.852

Central venous catheter

106 (76.81%)

49 (77.78%)

0.022

0.880

Drainage catheter

99 (71.74%)

44 (69.84%)

0.076

0.783

Septic shock

34 (24.64%)

15 (23.81%)

0.016

0.899

Multiple hospitalizations within 2 years (> 2 times)

106 (76.81%)

49 (77.78%)

1.647

0.199

Serum albumin levela (g/L)

27.55 (23.45, 30.88)

28.50 (24.33, 32.80)

− 1.030

0.302

Serum creatinine levela (μmol/L)

59.00 (38.00, 91.00)

54.50 (43.25, 84.75)

0.188

0.851

Leukocyte counta (109/L)

8.73 (6.37, 11.65)

7.13 (4.34, 10.25)

2.519

0.012

Total bilirubin levela (μmol/L)

14.35 (9.28, 28.48)

15.30 (10.55, 27.95)

− 0.891

0.373

Neutrophil counta (109/L)

7.02 (4.65, 9.89)

5.07 (3.32, 8.25)

2.771

0.006

Lymphocyte counta (109/L)

0.89 (0.62, 1.21)

0.75 (0.54, 1.24)

1.399

0.162

CRPa (mg/mL)

97.40 (66.20, 137.00)

110.50 (64.85, 135.5)

− 0.498

0.619

PCTa (ng/mL)

0.57 (0.26, 1.75)

0.51 (0.29, 2.74)

− 0.387

0.699

  1. aIs described by median and quartile, and the statistic was the Z value; other items were described as numbers (n—%) and the statistic was the χ2 value
  2. bStatistic was the Fisher χ2 value
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