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Table 2 Co-morbidities of patients and status at hospitalization

From: Clinical characteristics of pyogenic spondylitis and psoas abscess at a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective cohort study

 

All

Pyogenic spondylitis

Psoas abscess

p value

n = 126

n = 72

n = 54

Variables

n (%)

 

Co-morbidities

102 (81)

56 (78)

46 (85)

0.36

 Diabetes

19 (15)

10 (14)

9 (17)

0.80

 Hypertension

36 (29)

23 (31)

13 (24)

0.43

 Hyperlipidemia

7 (5.6)

5 (6.9)

2 (3.7)

0.70

 Cardiac diseases

18 (14)

8 (11)

10 (18)

0.31

 Cerebrovascular disease

15 (12)

6 (8.3)

9 (17)

0.17

 Neurological disease

15 (12)

8 (11)

7 (13)

0.79

 Dementia

4 (3.2)

4 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

0.13

 Alcoholism

4 (3.2)

1 (1.4)

3 (5.6)

0.31

 Neurosis

2 (1.6)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Schizophrenia

2 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.7)

0.18

 Mental retardation

2 (1.6)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Depression

2 (1.6)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Epilepsy

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Parkinson’s disease

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Pulmonary disease

7 (5.6)

3 (4.2)

4 (7.4)

0.46

 Liver disease

7 (5.6)

4 (5.6)

3 (5.6)

1.00

 Renal disease

8 (6.3)

3 (4.2)

5 (9.3)

0.29

 Malignancy

21 (17)

9 (13)

12 (22)

0.16

 Operation

32 (25)

17 (24)

15 (28)

0.68

 Others

30 (24)

17 (24)

13 (24)

1.00

 Osteoporosis

5 (4.0)

4 (5.6)

1 (1.9)

0.39

 Pancreatitis

2 (1.6)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Thyroid disease

3 (2.4)

1 (1.4)

2 (3.7)

0.58

 Inguinal hernia

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Malignant syndrome

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Hypoadrenalism

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Gastrointestinal ulcer

4 (3.2)

2 (2.8)

2 (3.7)

1.00

 Glaucoma

3 (2.4)

2 (2.8)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Discitis

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Cholecystitis

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Pemphigoid

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Spinal stenosis

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Rheumatoid arthritis

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Reflux esophagitis

2 (1.6)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.9)

1.00

 Ureteral stent placement

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Common bile duct stone

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

Status at hospitalization

 Hospitalized for comorbidity

57 (45)

27 (38)

30 (56)

0.044

 Medical department*

40 (32)

19 (26)

21 (39)

0.18

 Surgical department**

17 (13)

8 (11)

9 (17)

0.43

 Hospitalized for other infections

17 (13)

6 (8)

11 (20)

0.07

 Urinary tract infection

7 (5.6)

1 (1.4)

6 (11)

0.042

 Sepsis

4 (3.2)

2 (2.8)

2 (3.7)

1.00

 Pneumonia

2 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.7)

0.19

 Cholangitis

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Liver abscess

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

0.43

 Pulmonary tuberculosis

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

 Infectious arthritis

1 (0.8)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1.00

  1. *Comorbidities treated at medical department: blood stream infection 1, cardio-pulmonary arrest 1, cerebral infarction 1, cholangitis 1, congestive heart failure 2, diabetes 1, drug eruption 1, fever of unknown origin 2, gastric ulcer 1, leukemia 1, liver abscess 1, lumbago 2, malignant lymphoma 1, myeloma 2, neuralgia 1, Paget disease 1, pneumonia 3, pulmonary tuberculosis 1, renal failure 3, schizophrenia 1, sepsis 3, skin damage 1, transient ischemic attack 1, urinary tract infection 7
  2. **Comorbidities treated at the surgical department: abdominal trauma 1, burn injury 1, colon cancer 2, fall trauma 1, gastric cancer 2, hip pain 1, ileus 3, infectious arthritis 1, internal iliac artery aneurysm 1, knee pain 1, normal pressure hydrocephalus 1, subarachnoid hemorrhage 2
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