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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: There is no dose–response relationship between allogeneic blood transfusion and healthcare-associated infection: a retrospective cohort study

Factors

Overall (N = 215,338)

Non-HAI (N = 212,259)

HAI (N = 3079)

P

Age (years ± SD)

51.59 ± 21.74

51.44 ± 21.68

61.71 ± 23.56

< 0.001

ABT [n (%)]

    

Non-ABT

206,385 (95.84)

203,786 (96.01)

2599 (84.41)

< 0.001

 RBCs

6868 (3.19)

6531 (3.08)

337 (10.95)

 Cryoprecitation

59 (0.03)

56 (0.03)

3 (0.10)

 FFPs

1264 (0.59)

1189 (0.56)

75 (2.44)

 Platelets

762 (0.35)

697 (0.33)

65 (2.11)

Gender [n (%)]

106,812 (49.60)

104,937 (49.44)

1875 (60.90)

< 0.001

Venous catheterization [n (%)]

13,904 (6.46)

13,189 (6.21)

715 (23.22)

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation [n (%)]

4888 (2.27)

4290 (2.02)

598 (19.42)

< 0.001

Urinary catheterization [n (%)]

48,195 (22.38)

46,842 (22.07)

1353 (43.94)

< 0.001

Tracheotomy [n (%)]

1421 (0.66)

1194 (0.56)

227 (7.37)

< 0.001

Diabetes [n (%)]

29,428 (13.67)

28,730 (13.54)

698 (22.67)

< 0.001

Hypertension [n (%)]

52,713 (24.48)

51,392 (24.21)

1321 (42.90)

< 0.001

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [n (%)]

7902 (3.67)

7545 (3.55)

357 (11.59)

< 0.001

ICU admission now or in the past [n (%)]

12,997 (6.04)

12,159 (5.73)

838 (27.22)

< 0.001

Hemodialysis [n (%)]

451 (0.21)

428 (0.20)

23 (0.75)

< 0.001

Surgery [n (%)]

110,353 (51.25)

108,675 (51.20)

1678 (54.50)

< 0.001

Community infections [n (%)]

28,396 (13.19)

27,808 (13.10)

588 (19.10)

< 0.001

Principal diagnosis (ICU-10 code) [n (%)]

    

 Certain infectious diseases and parasites(A00-B99)

6561 (3.05)

6404 (3.02)

157 (5.10)

< 0.001

 Tumor (C00-D48)

30,975 (14.38)

30,505 (14.37)

470 (15.26)

 Blood and hematopoietic diseases and certain diseases involving immune mechanisms (D50-D89)

1735 (0.81)

1710 (0.81)

25 (0.81)

 Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)

5453 (2.53)

5355 (2.52)

98 (3.18)

 Mental and behavioral disorders (F00-F99)

3717 (1.73)

3668 (1.73)

49 (1.59)

 Nervous system diseases (G00-G99)

7870 (3.65)

7699 (3.63)

171 (5.55)

 Eye and appendage diseases (H00-H59)

6051 (2.81)

6050 (2.85)

1 (0.03)

 Ear and mastoid diseases (H60-H95)

2092 (0.97)

2086 (0.98)

6 (0.19)

 Circulatory diseases (I00-I99)

27,682 (12.86)

27,109 (12.77)

573 (18.61)

 Respiratory diseases (J00-J99)

17,848 (8.29)

17,287 (8.14)

561 (18.22)

 Digestive diseases (K00-K93)

26,575 (12.34)

26,383 (12.43)

192 (6.24)

 Skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases (L00-L99)

3201 (1.49)

3176 (1.50)

25 (0.81)

 Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases (M00-M99)

11,295 (5.25)

11,124 (5.24)

171 (5.55)

 Genitourinary diseases (N00-N99)

15,174 (7.05)

15,010 (7.07)

164 (5.33)

 Pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (O00-O99)

11,294 (5.24)

11,256 (5.30)

38 (1.23)

 Diseases that originated in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

1177 (0.55)

1137 (0.54)

40 (1.30)

 Congenital malformations, deformation, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

3595 (1.67)

3577 (1.69)

18 (0.58)

 Abnormal symptoms, signs, clinical and laboratory results, and cannot be classified in other categories (R00-R99)

2663 (1.24)

2652 (1.25)

11 (0.36)

 Injury, poisoning and other external pathogenic factors (S00-T98)

9192 (4.27)

9058 (4.27)

134 (4.35)

 External causes of illness and death (V01-V98)

21,188 (9.84)

21,013 (9.90)

175 (5.68)