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Table 1 Summary of Demographic and Clinical Parameters

From: Cost effectiveness of adherence to IDSA/ATS guidelines in elderly patients hospitalized for Community-Aquired Pneumonia

  

Adherent Ward n = 877 ICU n = 98

Over-treated Ward n = 167 ICU n = 28

Under-treated Ward n = 394 ICU n = 71

p-value

Male Gender

Ward n = 1438

544 (62.0 %)

101 (60.5 %)

217 (55.1 %)

0.064a

ICU n = 197

58 (59.2 %)

25 (89.3 %)

37 (52.1 %)

0.0026a

Risk Class

Ward n = 1438

   

0.0002a

1

0

0

1 (0.3 %)

 

2

45 (5.1 %)

10 (6.0 %)

11 (2.8 %)

 

3

206 (23.5 %)

23 (13.8 %)

76 (19.3 %)

 

4

462 (52.7 %)

82 (49.1 %)

196 (49.8 %)

 

5

164 (18.7 %)

52 (31.1 %)

110 (27.9 %)

 

ICU n = 197

   

0.56b

1

0

0

0

 

2

0

1 (3.6 %)

0

 

3

13 (13.3 %)

2 (7.1 %)

8 (11.3 %)

 

4

43 (43.9 %)

12 (42.9 %)

28 (39.4 %))

 

5

42 (42.9 %)

13 (46.4 %)

35 (49.3 %)

 

Nursing Home

Ward n = 1438

61 (7.0 %)

27 (16.2 %)

44 (11.2 %)

0.0002a

ICU n = 197

4 (4.1 %)

3 (10.7 %)

5 (7.0 %)

0.39b

Cancer

Ward n = 1438

85 (9.7 %)

24 (14.4 %)

60 (15.2 %)

0.0096a

ICU n = 197

9 (9.2 %)

4 (14.3 %)

7 (9.9 %)

0.723a

CHF

Ward n = 1438

231 (26.3 %)

43 (25.8 %)

104 (26.4 %)

0.99a

ICU n = 197

45 (45.9 %)

8 (28.6 %)

35 (49.3 %)

0.16a

Stroke

Ward n = 1438

186 (21.2 %)

36 (21.6 %)

131 (33.3 %)

<0.0001a

ICU n = 197

11 (11.2 %)

0

18 (25.4 %)

0.0023b

COPD

Ward n = 1438

321 (36.6 %)

66 (39.5 %)

116 (29.4 %)

0.0198a

ICU n = 197

40 (40.8 %)

9 (32.1 %

25 (35.2 %)

0.62a

Diabetes

Ward n = 1438

195 (22.2 %)

44 (26.4 %)

82 (20.8 %)

0.35a

ICU n = 197

27 (27.6 %)

7 (25.0 %)

7 (9.9 %)

0.0169a

Liver Disease

Ward n = 1438

25 (2.9 %)

4 (2.4 %)

12 (3.1 %)

0.91a

ICU n = 197

3 (3.1 %)

2 (7.1 %)

0

0.72b

Renal Disease

Ward n = 1438

121 (13.8 %)

27 (16.2 %)

57 (14.5 %)

0.72a

ICU n = 197

18 (18.4 %)

3 (10.7 %)

8 (11.3 %)

0.36a

Age

Ward

79

79

80

0.065c

ICU

75

73

79

0.0097c

PSI Score

Ward

104

116

109.5

<0.0001c

ICU

123.5

126.5

130

0.6133c

Antibiotic Timing

Ward

5

4.5

4.5

0.081c

ICU

6

3.5

5

0.15c

Discharge probability (14 day)e

Ward

0.77

0.62

0.68

<0.001d

ICU

0.48

0.61

0.40

0.12d

Clinical stability probability (7 day)e

Ward

0.75

0.57

0.60

<0.001d

ICU

0.40

0.57

0.34

0.027d

In-hospital mortality (14 day)e

Ward

0.06

0.14

0.13

<0.001d

ICU

0.14

0.18

0.26

0.04d

  1. a Chi-square
  2. b Fisher exact test
  3. c Medians compared with Kruskal-Wallis test
  4. d Gray’s test for differences between cumulative incidence curves
  5. e Reported discharge, clinical stability, and in-hospital mortality probabilities are all unadjusted or marginal probabilities