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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Readmission outcomes following infectious hospitalization: same-care unit performed better than different-care unit

Variable

Different-unit readmission

(N = 166)

Same-unit readmission

(N = 149)

P value

Age, years

70 ± 16

76 ± 13

0.001

 ≥65

114 (69)

118 (79)

0.034

Male gender

89 (54)

83 (56)

0.710

Charlson comorbidity index

2.8 ± 2.3

2.7 ± 2.3

0.574

Comorbidity

   

 Malignancy

73 (44)

61 (41)

0.586

 Diabetes mellitus

60 (36)

43 (29)

0.169

 Cerebrovascular disease

31 (19)

37 (25)

0.185

 Coronary artery disease

25 (15)

21 (14)

0.808

 Chronic kidney disease

15 (9.0)

29 (20)

0.008

 Heart failure

14 (8.4)

17 (11)

0.376

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

10 (6.0)

14 (9.4)

0.260

 Liver cirrhosis

6 (3.6)

4 (2.7)

0.754

Site of infection during index admission

   

 Pneumonia

99 (60)

98 (66)

0.262

 Intraabdominal infection

24 (15)

13 (8.7)

0.115

 Skin and soft tissue infection

6 (3.6)

10 (6.7)

0.211

 Urinary tract infection

47 (28)

42 (28)

0.980

 Primary bacteremia

5 (3.0)

7 (4.7)

0.435

 Febrile neutropenia

7 (4.2)

6 (4.0)

0.933

 Others

7 (4.2)

7 (4.7)

0.836

Clinical event during index admission

   

 Intensive care unit care

9 (5.4)

8 (5.4)

0.984

 Septic shock

13 (7.8)

13 (8.7)

0.774

 Acute kidney injury

21 (13)

23 (15)

0.476

 Mechanical ventilation

6 (3.6)

6 (4.0)

0.849

Length of stay, index admission, days

11 ± 10

12 ± 8

0.156

  1. Mean ± SD is shown for continuous variables, and the numbers in brackets for categorical variables indicate %