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Table 4 Complications, length of stay, discharge status, and 3-month outcomes of patients with and without UTIs

From: Determinants of urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients with acute ischemic stroke

Variables

Total

(n = 342)

Controls

(n = 311)

UTI

(n = 31)

p value

Complications

    

Pneumonia, n (%)

62 (18)

40 (13)

22 (71)

< 0.001

Respiratory failure, n (%)

42 (12)

23 (7)

19 (61)

< 0.001

Sepsis, n (%)

64 (19)

36 (12)

28 (90)

< 0.001

Brain edema, n (%)

12 (4)

5 (2)

7 (23)

< 0.001

Seizure, n (%)

14 (4)

10 (3)

4 (13)

0.029

Progressive stroke, n (%)

10 (3)

10 (3)

0 (0)

0.61

Symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation, n (%)

7 (2)

2 (1)

5 (16)

< 0.001

Asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformation, n (%)

8 (2)

6 (2)

2 (6)

0.16

Gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%)

11 (3)

9 (3)

2 (6)

0.26

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

3 (1)

2 (1)

1 (3)

0.25

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

21 (6)

16 (5)

5 (16)

0.031

Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, n (%)

11 (3)

6 (2)

5 (16)

0.001

Hypoglycemia, n (%)

5 (1)

4 (1)

1 (3)

0.38

Hyperglycemia, n (%)

3 (1)

2 (1)

1 (3)

0.25

Acute kidney injury, n (%)

21 (6)

13 (4)

8 (26)

< 0.001

Hyponatremia, n (%)

9 (3)

5 (2)

4 (13)

0.005

Length of stay, median (IQR)

3 (2, 5)

3 (2, 4)

12 (6, 29)

< 0.001

Discharge status

   

< 0.001

Complete recovery, n (%)

10 (3)

10 (3)

0 (0)

 

Improvement, n (%)

288 (84)

275 (88)

13 (42)

 

No improvement, n (%)

25 (7)

16 (5)

9 (29)

 

Death, n (%)

19 (6)

10 (3)

9 (29)

 

3-month outcome

    

mRS score, median (IQR)

2 (1, 4)

2 (1, 4)

5 (5, 6)

< 0.001

mRS score ≥ 3, n (%)

163 (47.7)

136 (43.7)

27 (87.1)

< 0.001

BI score, median (IQR)

95 (35, 100)

100 (55, 100)

0 (0, 10)

< 0.001

BI score ≤ 40, n (%)

95 (27.8)

69 (22.2)

26 (83.9)

< 0.001

  1. BI, Barthel index; IQR, interquartile range; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; n, number; p value, comparisons between the control group and the urinary tract infection group; UTI, urinary tract infection