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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and laboratory test results for patients with HA bacterial/fungal infections and non-HA infections at baseline

From: Development and validation of machine learning-based models for predicting healthcare-associated bacterial/fungal infections among COVID-19 inpatients: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Total

(N = 1778)

HA infection

(N = 84)

Non-HA infection (N = 1694)

c2/W

P

Gender [n,%]

   

0.08

0.78

 male

1043(58.66)

51(60.71)

992(58.56)

  

 female

735(41.34)

33(39.29)

702(43.44)

  

Age*, year [M, IQR]

69(56,80)

75(60,86.25)

68(56,79)

54,978

< 0.001

BMI*, kg/m2 [M, IQR]

23.39(21.20,25.95)

22.59(19.82,24.34)

23.43(21.25,26.03)

27,744

0.04

Hypertension [n,%]

   

1.34

0.25

 Yes

896(50.39)

48(57.14)

848(50.06)

  

 No

882(46.61)

36(42.86)

846(49.94)

  

Diabetes [n,%]

   

33.93

< 0.001

 Yes

470(26.43)

47(55.95)

423(24.97)

  

 No

1308(73.56)

37(44.05)

1271(75.03)

  

Tumor [n,%]

   

0.59

0.44

 Yes

455(25.59)

25(29.76)

430(25.38)

  

 No

1323(74.41)

59(70.24)

1264(74.62)

  

Kidney disease [n,%]

   

8.47

0.004

 Yes

655(36.84)

44(52.38)

611(36.07)

  

 No

1123(63.16)

40(47.62)

1083(63.93)

  

Neurological disease [n,%]

   

24.14

< 0.001

 Yes

571(32.11)

48(57.14)

523(30.87)

  

 No

1207(67.89)

36(42.86)

1171(69.13)

  

Operation[n,%]

   

0.09

0.76

 Yes

351(19.74)

15(17.86)

336(19.83)

  

 No

1427(80.26)

69(82.14)

1358(80.17)

  

ICU admission [n,%]:

   

11.24

< 0.001

 Yes

111(6.24)

13(15.48)

98(5.79)

  

 No

1667(93.76)

71(84.52)

1596(94.21)

  

Treatments before coinfections

     

Invasive ventilation (IV)[n,%]

   

49.65

< 0.001

 Yes

224(12.60)

32(38.10)

192(11.33)

  

 No

1554(87.40)

52(61.90)

1502(88.67)

  

Urinary catheter (UC)[n,%]

   

58.08

< 0.001

 Yes

566(31.83)

59(70.24)

507(29.93)

  

 No

1212(68.17)

25(29.76)

1187(70.07)

  

Central venous catheter(CVC)[n,%]

   

53.34

< 0.001

 Yes

433(24.35)

49(58.33)

384(22.67)

  

 No

1345(75.65)

35(41.67)

1310(77.33)

  

Dexamethasone (DXM)[n,%]

   

21.69

< 0.001

 Yes

537(30.20)

45(53.57)

492(29.04)

  

 No

1241(69.80)

39(46.43)

1202(70.96)

  

Meprednisone(MEP) [n,%]

   

2.33

0.13

 Yes

594(33.41)

35(41.67)

559(33.00)

  

 No

1184(66.59)

49(58.33)

1135(67.00)

  

Tocilizumab**(TZ)[n,%]

    

1

 Yes

21(1.18)

1(1.19)

20(1.18)

  

 No

1757(98.82)

83(98.81)

1674(98.81)

  

Laboratory test results on admission

     

White blood cell count(WBC)*, 109/L[M, IQR]

6.20(4.70,8.50)

7.70(5.50,10.20)

6.10(4.70,8.40)

53,210

< 0.001

Neutrophil percent*,% [M, IQR]

70.21(59.80,82.20)

79.7(67.60,90.50)

70.6(59.50,81.60)

47,654

3.818e-07

Lymphocyte count(Lym)*, [M, IQR]

1.10(0.70,1.60)

0.90(0.58,1.33)

1.1(0.70,1.60)

83,667

0.005

PCT*, ng/ml[M, IQR]

0.07(0.04,0.25)

0.14(0.07,1.50)

0.071(0.04,0.20)

34,758

4.473e-06

IL-6*,pg/ml[M, IQR]

22.52(7.49,54.31)

18.02(5.54,42.82)

22.67(7.69,56.10)

33,935

0.14

CRP*, mg/L[M, IQR]

12.10(4.10,47.88)

50.30(10.50,114.15)

10.90(3.90,45.30)

44,401

1.936e-07

Albumin*(ALB), g/L [M, IQR]

36.20(52.00,39.20)

33.00(29.10,35.88)

36.3(32.60,39.30)

94,897

1.452e-08

Creatinine(Cr)*, umol/L[M, IQR]

65.00(52.00,86.90)

75.00(54.75,110.00)

65.00(52.00, 85.18)

61,231

0.07146

Hemoglobin(Hb)*, g/L [M, IQR]

120(104,133)

112.5(95.75,126.50)

120(104,133)

80,214

0.04

Glucose(Glu)*, mmol/L [M, IQR]

6.584(4.52,7.29)

6.705(5.01,10.69)

5.26(4.50,7.14)

48,508

5.007e-06

Length of hospital stay*, day [M, IQR]

13.12(7.00,16.00)

13.00(6.00,19.00)

11.00(7.00,16.00)

68,409

0.55

Neutrophil and lymphocyte ratio(NLR)*,[M, IQR]

3.73(2.08,7.61)

6.25(2.83,17.45)

3.69(2.06,7.43)

51,301

2.036e-05

Ferritin*(Fe), ng/ml[M, IQR]

366.4(185.5,710.7)

491.80(343.25,1036.7)

355.7(173.15,690.95)

11,922

< 0.001

  1. The bold values indicate that these factors were statistically significant
  2. M: median, IQR: interquartile range
  3. * The statistical analysis were performed with the Kruskal-Wallis test
  4. ** P-value calculated by Fisher’s exact probability method