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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of all discharged patients 2018–2021

From: Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

Variables

Total

n = 483,258

Without HAI

n = 475,425

With HAI

n = 7833

P-value

Age, median (IQR)

48.0 (32.0,61.0)

48.0 (32.0,61.0)

49.0 (22.0,64.0)

 < 0.001

Gender

   

 < 0.001

 Female

252,479 (52.2%)

249,282 (52.4%)

3197 (40.8%)

 

 Male

230,779 (47.8%)

226,143 (47.6%)

4636 (59.2%)

 

Length of stay, median (IQR)

5.0 (2.0,9.0)

5.0 (2.0,9.0)

22.0 (13.0,33.0)

 < 0.001

ICU

   

 < 0.001

 No

460,642 (95.3%)

455,086 (95.7%)

5556 (70.9%)

 

 Yes

22,616 (4.7%)

20,339 (4.3%)

2277 (29.1%)

 

Receiving surgery

   

 < 0.001

 No

381,435 (78.9%)

375,735 (79.0%)

5700 (72.8%)

 

 Yes

101,823 (21.1%)

99,690 (21.0%)

2133 (27.2%)

 

Receiving antibiotics

   

 < 0.001

 No

301,603 (62.4%)

300,874 (63.3%)

729 (9.3%)

 

 Yes

181,655 (37.6%)

174,551 (36.7%)

7104 (90.7%)

 
  1. IQR  interquartile range. Continuous variables were compared using the rank-sum test. Categorical variables were compared by using the Chi-square test