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Table 1 Demographic characteristic, medications on admission and co-morbidities in the bacterial and non-bacterial groups

From: C-reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non-bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department

  

Bacterial

n = 108

Non-bacterial

n = 70

P value

Age, years

Mean ± SD

54.6 ± 23.4

33.1 ± 16.1

< 0.001

Women

n (%)

54 (50.0%)

27 (38.6%)

0.135

Body mass index, kg/m2

Mean ± SD

25.4 ± 4.5

23.5 ± 4.1

0.003

Ischemic heart disease

n (%)

21 (19.4%)

2 (2.9%)

0.001

Diabetes mellitus

n (%)

23 (21.3%)

3 (4.3%)

0.002

Steroids usage

n (%)

2 (1.9%)

1 (1.4%)

0.83

  1. SD = standard deviation.