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Table 1 Description of included patients

From: The impact of methicillin-resistant S. aureus on length of stay, readmissions and costs: a register based case-control study of patients hospitalized in Norway

 

Cases (n = 95)

Controls (n = 346)

Variables

n (%)

n (%)

Male gender

49 (52%)

179 (52%)

Age

 0–9

16 (17%)

64 (18%)

 10–19

3 (3%)

9 (3%)

 20–29

5 (5%)

20 (6%)

 30–39

8 (8%)

29 (8%)

 40–49

9 (9%)

28 (8%)

 50–59

14 (15%)

44 (13%)

 60–69

14 (15%)

56 (16%)

 70–79

14 (15%)

51 (15%)

 80–89

11 (12%)

41 (12%)

  > 89

1 (1%)

4 (1%)

Comorbidity index

 

68 (72%)

251 (73%)

 1

11 (12%)

39 (11%)

 2

13 (14%)

44 (13%)

 3

2 (2%)

8 (2%)

 8

1 (1%)

4 (1%)

Hospitals (anonymized)

 A

20 (21%)

74 (21%)

 B

18 (19%)

70 (20%)

 C

8 (8%)

32 (9%)

 D

8 (8%)

26 (8%)

 E

7 (7%)

28 (8%)

 F

6 (6%)

23 (7%)

 G

6 (6%)

22 (6%)

 H

4 (4%)

16 (5%)

 I

4 (4%)

13 (4%)

 J

4 (4%)

13 (4%)

 K

3 (3%)

12 (3%)

 L

2 (2%)

8 (2%)

 M

2 (2%)

2 (1%)

 N

1 (1%)

4 (1%)

 O

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

 P

1 (1%)

1 (0%)

Infections

 No infections

42 (44%)

185 (53%)

 Infection

53 (56%)

161 (47%)

  Non-severe infections

31 (33%)

100 (29%)

  Severe infections

15 (16%)

50 (14%)

Procedure

 Surgery

17 (18%)

48 (14%)