[Retracted] Prediction of Prognostic Risk Factors in Patients with Invasive Candidiasis and Cancer: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
Table 2
Risk factors in patients with persistent and nonpersistent Candida infections.
Persistent Candida infection (%) ()
Nonpersistent Candida infection (%) ()
Statistic
value
Male
59 (69.41%)
44 (59.46%)
1.310
0.190
Age (years)a
63.00 (56.00, 70.00)
61.00 (54.00, 66.75)
1.575
0.115
Length of stay (days)a
39.00 (30.00, 62.00)
32.00 (25.00, 44.75)
3.048
0.002
Length of stay in ICUa
3.00 (0.00, 12.00)
0.00 (0.00, 3.00)
2.761
0.006
Diabetes
16 (18.82%)
8 (10.81%)
—
0.187
Total parenteral nutrition
78 (91.76%)
68 (91.89%)
0.029
0.977
Renal failure
7 (8.24%)
3 (4.05%)
—
0.340
Recent surgery (within 2 weeks)
52 (61.18%)
56 (75.68%)
2.102
0.036
Use immunosuppressants within the past 30 daysb
13 (15.29%)
11 (14.86%)
—
1
Stay in ICU during hospitalisation
46 (54.12%)
27 (36.49%)
2.225
0.026
Hypoproteinemia
67 (78.82%)
51 (68.92%)
1.424
0.154
Invasive mechanical ventilation
41 (48.24%)
23 (31.08%)
2.200
0.028
Urinary catheter
74 (87.06%)
62 (83.78%)
0.586
0.558
Gastric tube
54 (63.53%)
44 (59.46%)
0.526
0.599
Central venous catheter
60 (70.59%)
45 (60.81%)
1.299
0.194
Drainage catheter
70 (82.35%)
61 (82.43%)
0.013
0.990
Septic shock
15 (17.65%)
5 (6.76%)
—
0.054
Multiple hospitalisations within 2 years (>2 times)
58 (68.24%)
51 (68.92%)
0.093
0.926
Serum albumin levela (g/l)
27.40 (24.50, 29.30)
28.40 (25.10, 31.63)
-1.500
0.133
Serum creatinine levela (μmol/L)
58.00 (42.00, 82.00)
57.50 (47.25, 68.75)
-0.040
0.968
Leukocyte counta (10^9/l)
7.86 (5.35, 11.12)
5.77 (4.13, 9.02)
3.234
0.001
Total bilirubin levela (μmol/l)
15.50 (11.00, 33.30)
14.20 (7.40, 24.73)
1.877
0.061
Neutrophil counta (10^9/l)
6.34 (4.00, 9.11)
4.61 (3.07, 7.39)
2.624
0.009
Lymphocyte counta (10^9/l)
0.79 (0.59, 1.06)
0.56 (0.39, 0.75)
3.605
<0.001
CRPa (mg/ml)
96.55 (66.88, 122.75)
84.90 (61.60, 121.50)
0.574
0.566
PCTa (ng/ml)
0.53 (0.26, 1.10)
0.45 (0.24, 1.45)
0.459
0.646
Note: a is described by median and quartile, and the statistic was the value; other items were described as numbers (), and the statistic was the value. b statistic was the Fisher value.
