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Table 6 Host immunocompetence and severity of illness: comparison of clinical and biological data

From: “Does the Salmonella Genomic Island 1 (SGI1) confer invasiveness properties to human isolates?”

Variables

Immmunosuppressiona

p-valuec

Yes (n = 17)

No (n = 83)

Age (years)

54.2 (35.7)

9.7 (54.4)

p = 0.02

Invasive infection

7 (41.2)

8 (9.6)

p = 0.003

Bacteremia

5 (29.4)

7 (8.4)

p = 0.03

Sepsis

6 (35.3)

9 (10.8)

p = 0.02

Fever or hypothermia

7 (50.0)

51 (63.0)

p = 0.39

 Missingb

3

2

 

Inflammatory response

16 (100)

66 (95.7)

p = 1.00

 Missingb

1

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  1. aData are presented as median (interquartile range (IQR) for age or number of patients n (%)
  2. bMissing refers to data not available in medical records
  3. cFisher’s exact test and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed as appropriate and p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant
  4. Number italicized were statically significant