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Table 3 Duration of catheter stay, age of patients and gender proportions among the 3 sites of catheterization

From: Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and colonization: the impact of insertion site and distribution of multidrug-resistant pathogens

 

N

Mean

Std. Deviation

95% confidence interval

P-value

CLABSIs

Duration

   

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

 

 FEM

13

15.23

16.13

5.48

24.98

0,77

 IJ

30

15.73

8.31

12.63

18.84

 SC

16

17.81

10.1

12.43

23.19

Age

 FEM

13

58.23

21.71

45.11

71.35

0.001

 IJ

30

61.73

16.75

55.48

67.99

 SC

16

40.06

16.24

31.41

48.72

TIP COLONIZATION

Duration

 FEM

43

11.42

11.1

8.00

14.84

0.002

 IJ

59

12.85

7.84

10.80

14,89

 SC

42

18.43

9.56

15.45

21.41

Age

 FEM

43

56.74

19.70

50.68

62.81

0.002

 IJ

59

57.61

16.45

53.32

61.9

 SC

42

45.79

15.85

40.85

50.73

MDROs in CLABSI

Duration

 FEM

11

14.4

15.43

3.36

25.44

0.83

 IJ

12

13.67

7.59

8.84

18.49

 SC

12

16.56

8.6

9.94

23.17

Age

 FEM

11

57.7

21.84

42.07

73.33

0.14

 IJ

12

64.08

16.53

53.57

74.59

 SC

12

47.44

16.4

34.84

60.05

Gender

  

SC n (%)

IJ n (%)

FEM n (%)

P-value

CLABSI

Male

  

11 (26.8)

15 (36.6)

15 (36.6)

0.004

Female

  

2 (11.1)

15 (83.3)

1 (5.6)

Tip Colonization

Male

  

31 (31.3)

36 (36.4)

32 (32.2)

0.23

Female

  

12 (26.7)

23 (51.1)

10 (22.2)

  1. n number; p≤ 0.05 significant