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Table 1 Demographic and background data of study population

From: The prevalence of antibiotic-resistant and multidrug-resistant bacteria in urine cultures from inpatients with spinal cord injuries and disorders: an 8-year, single-center study

Patient characteristic

Trauma

Non-trauma

Total

N (row %)

N (row %)

N

col %

319 (80.6)

77 (19.4)

396

Age

Average (SD)

46 (16)

66 (12)

49 (17)

median

45

67

50

(min. max)

(15. 92)

(24. 89)

(15, 92)

Sex

Male

259 (85.5)

44 (14.5)

303

77

Female

60 (64.5)

33 (35.5)

93

23

NLIa

C1–4

58 (84.1)

11 (15.9)

69

17

C5–8

76 (88.4)

10 (11.6)

86

22

T

128 (72.3)

49 (27.7)

177

44

L,S

59 (88.1)

8 (11.9)

67

17

AISa

A

101 (91.8)

9 (8.2)

110

28

B

54 (80.6)

13 (19.4)

67

17

C

71 (74.7)

24 (25.3)

95

24

D

91 (74.0)

32 (26.0)

123

31

E

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

4

1

Time since injury

 < 1 year

231 (77.0)

69 (23.0)

300

70

1—5 years

43 (91.5)

4 (8.5)

47

11

6–10 years

19 (90.5)

2 (9.5)

21

5

> 10 years

55 (93.2)

4 (6.8)

59

14

Bladder manag. a

UC or SC

220 (76.9)

66 (23.1)

286

72

CIC

115 (93.5)

8 (6.5)

123

31

SV

31 (77.5)

9 (22.5)

40

10

  1. aThe total number of patients is not 396 as some patients may appear in more than one category
  2. NLI neurogenic level of injury, AIS The American Spinal Injury Association Impairment scale, UC indwelling urethral catheter, SC suprapubic catheter, CIC clean intermittent catheterization, SV spontaneous voiding