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Table 6 Comparison of clinical data between the two groups

From: 7295 elderly hospitalized patients with catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a case-control study

Characteristic

CAUTI(n,%) n = 182

Non- CAUTI(n,%) n = 7113

x2

p

Fever

  

180.608

<0.001

No

55(30.22)

4989(70.14)

  

1 day

27(14.84)

899(12.64)

  

≥ 2 days

100(54.95)

1225(17.22)

  

Procalcitonin

  

107.262

<0.001a

Normal

30(16.48)

3806(53.51)

  

Abnormal

152(83.52)

3189(44.83)

  

Not detected

0

118(1.66)

  

Urinary nitrite

  

22.985

<0.001

Negative

155(85.16)

6680(93.91)

  

Positive

27(14.84)

433(6.09)

  

Urination function

  

247.542

<0.001

Normal

44(24.18)

5385(75.71)

  

Abnormal

138(75.82)

1728(24.29)

  
  1. a Fisher’s exact test