Clinicopathological presentation of liver abscesses and hydatid liver disease from two South African tertiary hospitals

Table 1 Differences in demographics between types of liver collections

Feature	Pyogenic (n = 166)	Amoebic (n = 36)	Hydatid (n = 20)	P value
Age	52 (41-60)	45.5 (35.5-55.5)	38.5 (26-44)	0.0005
Sex
Male	90 (54.22)	28 (77.78)	5 (25)	0.001
Female	76 (45.78)	8 (22.76)	15 (75)	0.001
HIV-positive	27 (17.88)	15 (45.45)	8 (42.11)	0.001
Diabetes mellitus	35 (21.34)	2 (5.56)	1 (5)	0.024

Data presented as n (%) or median (25^th-75^th percentiles).