Clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with biliary disease

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2020; 26(14): 1638-1646
Published online Apr 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i14.1638

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and factors related to bile culture positive rates

	Group 1 (n = 601) (%)	Group 2 (n = 738) (%)	Total (n = 1339) (%)	P value
Age (mean in years)	60.93 ± 14.99	63.62 ± 14.72	62.42 ± 14.90	0.000^a
Sex (male)	293 (48.75)	375 (50.81)	668 (49.89)	0.453
Clinical manifestations
Fever	62 (10.32)	206 (27.91)	268 (20.01)	0.000^a
Abdominal pain	459 (76.37)	606 (82.11)	1065 (79.54)	0.906
Jaundice	252 (41.93)	327 (44.31)	579 (43.24)	0.382
Benign diseases	405 (67.39)	554 (75.07)	959 (71.62)	0.002^a
Malignant diseases	196 (32.61)	184 (24.93)	380 (28.38)
History of biliary tract diseases	191 (31.78)	369 (50.00)	560 (41.82)	0.000^a
History of biliary tract surgery	128 (21.30)	329 (44.58)	457 (34.13)	0.000^a
Comorbidities
Diabetes	77 (12.81)	86 (11.65)	163 (12.17)	0.519
Hypertension	170 (28.29)	182 (24.66)	352 (26.29)	0.134
Brain infarction	52 (8.65)	56 (7.59)	108 (8.07)	0.477
Coronary heart disease	30 (4.99)	33 (4.47)	63 (4.71)	0.655
Chronic bronchitis	14 (2.33)	19 (2.57)	33 (2.46)	0.774
Chronic renal insufficiency	4 (0.67)	19 (2.57)	23 (1.72)	0.007^a

Group 1: 601 cases with negative bile culture; Group 2: 738 cases with positive bile culture. Significance differences were calculated using the χ² or t-test.

^aP < 0.05.

Citation: Gu XX, Zhang MP, Zhao YF, Huang GM. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with biliary disease. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(14): 1638-1646
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v26/i14/1638.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v26.i14.1638