Can yeast isolation be predicted in complicated secondary non-postoperative intra-abdominal infections?

Table 6 Comparison of the construction and validation cohorts

	Construction cohort	Validation cohort	P value
	(n = 290)	(n = 152)
Age	60.2 ± 21.7	59.4 ± 27.8	0.74
Female gender	145 (50.0)	80 (52.6)	0.62
BMI (kg.m⁻²)	26.0 ± 5.9	26.5 ± 16.8	0.72
Mannheim peritonitis index score	16.9 ± 8.4	17.8 ± 4.2	0.13
SOFA score	2.0 ± 3.9	2.5 ± 1.4	0.03
APACHE II score	8.9 ± 8.6	9.3 ± 7.1	0.57
IAC	39 (13.4)	30 (19.7)	0.10
Community-acquired infection	215 (74.1)	114 (75.0)	0.91
ICU admission	93 (32.1)	57 (37.5)	0.29
Mortality	30 (10.3)	20 (13.2)	0.43

Results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or the number (proportion, in %). BMI, body mass index; SOFA, Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; IAC, intra-abdominal candidiasis; ICU, intensive care unit.

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