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Table 1 Demographic details of CRE patients and control patients

From: Risk factors for acquisition of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in an acute tertiary care hospital in Singapore

Demographic

CP-CRE patients

Control

Standards

X-value

(N = 203)

(N = 203)

(p-value)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

(case vs. standards)

Mean age ± SD (years)

64.3 ± 16.0

64.0 ± 15.7

-

-

(mean years 95 % confidence interval)

(62.1–66.5)

(61.9–66.2)

Gender

    

 Male

113 (55.7 %)

113 (55.7 %)

1,891,500 (49.2 %)[a]

3.331

 Female

90 (44.3 %)

90 (44.3 %)

1,953,200 (50.8 %)[a]

(0.068)

Paying class

    

(based on collection ward)

    

 Class A

16 (7.9 %)

26 (12.8 %)

5696 (7.2 %)[b]

 

 Class B1/B1+

20 (9.9 %)

15 (7.4 %)

9050 (11.5 %)[b]

9.086

 Class B2

86 (42.4 %)

77 (37.9 %)

32,048 (40.8 %)[b]

(0.028)*

 Class C

81 (39.9 %)

85 (41.9 %)

24,028 (30.6 %)[b]

 

Ethnic group

    

 Chinese

134 (66.0 %)

133 (72.7 %)

2,853,800 (74.2 %)[a]

 

 Malay

29 (14.3 %)

32 (17.5 %)

512,800 (13.3 %)[a]

5.437

 Indian

16 (7.9 %)

16 (8.7 %)

351,700 (9.1 %)[a]

(0.142)

 Others (Singaporean)

1 (0.5 %)

2 (1.1 %)

126,500 (3.3 %)[a]

 

 Others: Bangladeshi

7 (3.4 %)

1 (0.5 %)

-

-

 Others: Burmese

1 (0.5 %)

1 (0.5 %)

-

-

 Others: Chinese

1 (0.5 %)

4 (1.9 %)

-

-

 Others: Indian

2 (1.0 %)

2 (1.0 %)

-

-

 Others: Indonesian

4 (1.9 %)

4 (1.9 %)

-

-

 Others: Malaysian

2 (1.0 %)

0 (0 %)

  

 Others: Oman

1 (0.5 %)

0 (0 %)

  

 Others: Pakistani

2 (1.0 %)

0 (0 %)

  

 Others: Qatar

0 (0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

-

-

 Others: Thai

0 (0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

-

-

 Others: UAE

0 (0 %)

2 (1.0 %)

  

 Others: Vietnamese

3 (1.5 %)

3 (1.5 %)

-

-

  1. *p < 0.05 (Significance of association; 2-tailed)
  2. aDepartment of Statistics Singapore, 2013, Population Trends 2013
  3. bSGH Bulletin Beds in Service by Ward and Bed Class (2013)