Value of inflammatory mediator profiles and procalcitonin in predicting postoperative infection in patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage

Table 3 Comparison of general clinical data of the two groups of patients, n (%) or mean ± SD

Index	Infection group (n = 80)	Non-infection group (n = 191)	t/χ2 value	P value
Sex			0.586	0.444
Male	57 (71.25)	127 (66.49)
Female	23 (28.75)	64 (33.51)
Age (yr)	68.49 ± 9.67	67.52 ± 10.31	0.719	0.473
BMI (kg/m2)	23.67 ± 2.51	24.06 ± 2.74	1.095	0.275
Underlying diseases			4.844	0.028
Yes	49 (61.25)	89 (46.60)
No	31 (38.75)	102 (53.40)
Smoking history			0.865	0.352
Yes	35 (43.75)	72 (37.70)
No	45 (56.25)	119 (62.30)
GCS score (points)	6.85 ± 1.26	7.24 ± 1.68	1.867	0.063
Bleeding site			-	0.613
Lobe	49 (61.25)	103 (53.93)
Thalamus	19 (23.75)	53 (27.75)
Basal Ganglia	7 (8.75)	25 (13.09)
Brain stem	5 (6.25)	10 (5.24)
Bleeding (mL)	50.46 ± 10.63	48.35 ± 9.78	2.327	0.021

BMI: Body mass index; GCS: Glasgow coma scale.