End-stage renal disease: a risk factor of deep neck infection – a nationwide follow-up study in Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Demographic and characteristics between the ESRD and Non-ESRD groups

Characteristic	ESRD		Non-ESRD		p-value^a
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	p-value^a
Total	127,283		127,283
Gender					1
Male	64,306	50.5	64,306	50.5
Female	72,902	49.5	72,902	49.5
Age (yrs)					1
< 65	68,698	54.0	68,698	54.0
≥ 65	58,585	46.0	58,585	46.0
Urbanized level					1
1 (City)	35,299	27.7	35,299	27.7
2	57,162	44.9	57,162	44.9
3	22,092	17.4	22,092	17.4
4 (Village)	12,730	10.0	12,730	10.0
Income (NTD, per month)					1
0	26,695	21.0	26,695	21.0
1–15,840	20,261	15.9	20,261	15.9
15,841–25,000	60,617	47.6	60,617	47.6
≥ 25,001	19,710	15.5	19,710	15.5
DNI	280	0.2	194	0.1	<0.001
Comorbidities
DM	71,155	55.9	71,155	55.9	1
HTN	117,545	92.4	117,545	92.4	1
Autoimmune	8345	6.6	7406	5.8	<0.001
Liver cirrhosis	12,559	9.9	5588	4.4	<0.001
CAD	69,109	54.3	48,835	38.4	<0.001
CVA	49,042	38.5	38,602	30.3	<0.001
COPD	30,454	23.9	30,704	24.1	0.246

Abbreviations: DNI deep neck infection, ESRD end-stage renal disease, NTD New Taiwan dollar, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CAD coronary artery disease, CVA cerebrovascular accident, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
^aPearson’s chi-squared tests
Table 1 revealed the demographic and clinical characteristics between the ESRD and Non-ESRD groups. Gender, age, urbanized, income level, DM and HTN were balanced between the two groups. The incidence of DNI was significantly higher in the ESRD group (p < 0.001)

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