Table 2 Characteristics of hospitalized STEMI patients (n = 11, 879)* by infection status, Florida 2006.
All STEMI Patients n = 11, 879 % (n) | Non-Infected STEMI Patients n = 9, 910 % (n) | Blood Stream Infection† n = 310 % (n) | Pneumonia n = 550 % (n) | Surgical Site Infection n = 491 % (n) | Urinary Tract Infection n = 708 % (n) | All Other Infections‡ n = 503 % (n) | |
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Patient Sociodemographic Characteristics^ | |||||||
Age | |||||||
Age 18-34 Years | 0.9 (107) | 1.0 (100) | No cases** | No cases** | 0.6 (3) ‡‡ | 0.3 (2)** | 0.8 (4)** |
Age 35-44 Years | 6.2 (735) | 6.6 (658) | 4.9 (15) | 2.4 (13) | 5.9 (29) | 1.4 (10) | 6.4 (32) |
Age 45-54 Years | 18.7 (3057) | 20.0 (1984) | 10.1 (31) | 3.6 (47) | 20.6 (101) | 5.4 (38) | 14.5 (73) |
Age 55-64 Years | 23.9 (2837) | 24.9 (2471) | 19.5 (60) | 19.6 (108) | 22.8 (112) | 14.0 (99) | 19.7 (99) |
Age 65-74 Years | 21.7 (2573) | 21.4 (2116) | 24.7 (76) | 24.9 (137) | 25.3 (124) | 21.2 (150) | 22.3 (112) |
Age 75-84 Years | 18.5 (2196) | 17.0 (1680) | 26.3 (81) | 28.0 (154) | 19.1 (94) | 34.0 (241) | 23.7 (119) |
Age 85+ Years | 10.2 (1216) | 9.1 (901) | 14.6 (45) | 16.6 (91) | 5.7 (28) | 23.7 (168) | 12.7 (64) |
Sex | |||||||
Female | 33.7 (4001) | 31.8 (3149) | 38.6 (119) †† | 38.6 (212) †† | 30.4 (149) | 59.5 (421)** | 42.9 (216)** |
Male | 66.3 (7878) | 68.2 (6761) | 61.4 (189) | 61.5 (338) | 69.7 (342) | 40.5 (287) | 57.1 (287) |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
White | 83.1 (9868) | 83.3 (8256) | 78.3 (241) | 81.8 (450) | 81.5 (400) | 82.2 (582) | 82.3 (414) |
Black | 6.7 (798) | 6.5 (640) | 9.1 (28) | 7.6 (52) | 9.2 (45) | 8.2 (58) | 7.4 (37) |
Hispanic | 10.2 (1213) | 10.2 (1014) | 12.7 (39) | 10.6 (58) | 9.4 (46) | 9.6 (68) | 10.3 (52) |
Income by Proxy | |||||||
Low income (Medicaid, self-pay, uninsured) | 16.7 (1979) | 17.3 (1711) | 13.0 (40) ‡‡ | 10.6 (58)** | 19.6 (96) | 9.5 (67)** | 15.9 (80) |
All other insurance§ | 83.3 (9900) | 82.7 (8199) | 87.0 (268) | 89.5 (492) | 80.5 (395) | 90.5 (641) | 84.1 (423) |
Patient Risk Factors | |||||||
Cigarette smoking | 28.9 (3430) | 30.6 (3030) | 14.9 (46)** | 22.4 (123)** | 24.4 (120) †† | 12.0 (85)** | 23.7 (119) †† |
Alcohol abuse | 3.0 (352) | 2.8 (273) | 4.6 (14) | 5.3 (29) †† | 4.9 (24) †† | 2.0 (14) | 5.8 (29)** |
Drug abuse | 2.4 (287) | 2.4 (237) | 2.3 (7) | 2.2 (12) | 3.3 (16) | 1.6 (11) | 4.2 (21) ‡‡ |
Patient Co-Morbidities | |||||||
Chronic bronchitis | 2.7 (317) | 2.2 (213) | 6.8 (21)** | 10.0 (55)** | 4.3 (21) †† | 5.1 (36)** | 4.0 (20) †† |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 16.2 (1921) | 14.0 (1382) | 28.3 (87)** | 30.7 (169)** | 20.8 (102)** | 24.0 (170)** | 37.0 (186)** |
Diabetes | 27.1 (3222) | 25.5 (2527) | 35.1 (108) §§ | 34.2 (188)** | 32.4 (159) †† | 38.6 (273)** | 37.2 (187)** |
Chronic kidney diseases| | | 9.6 (1145) | 7.7 (764) | 29.9 (92)** | 22.7 (125)** | 13.4 (66)** | 23.2 (164)** | 17.1 (86)** |
Cardiomyopathy | 6.3 (755) | 5.5 (546) | 16.9 (52)** | 12.7 (70)** | 9.8 (48)** | 11.0 (78)** | 11.9 (60)** |
Valve disorders | 10.1 (1203) | 9.1 (902) | 21.4 (66)** | 16.0 (88)** | 11.8 (58) ‡‡ | 16.2 (115)** | 17.9 (90)** |
Patient Procedures | |||||||
Cardiac catheterization | 66.9 (7941) | 67.7 (6710) | 59.4 (184) †† | 57.1 (314)** | 80.7 (396)** | 54.2 (384)** | 65.4 (329) |
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) | 59.0 (7009) | 61.2 (6065) | 41.6 (128)** | 44.0 (242)** | 62.1 (305) | 41.0 (290)** | 47.9 (241)** |
Cardiac surgical procedures | 9.8 (1168) | 8.4 (830) | 24.4 (75)** | 18.6 (102)** | 19.4 (95)** | 16.4 (116)** | 24.1 (121)** |
Indwelling arterial or venous catheter | 6.0 (707) | 3.6 (360) | 45.2 (140)** | 26.6 (146)** | 18.1 (89)** | 18.9 (134)** | 20.9 (105)** |
Pacemaker# | 2.3 (275) | 2.1 (210) | 3.6 (11) | 4.2 (23) †† | 4.9 (24)** | 2.3 (16) | 3.6 (18) ‡‡ |
Dialysis | 1.5 (172) | 0.7 (68) | 16.5 (51)** | 6.9 (38)** | 6.5 (32)** | 5.1 (36)** | 6.6 (33)** |
Blood transfusion | 6.7 (800) | 5.1 (507) | 26.6 (82)** | 15.3 (84)** | 15.3 (75)** | 17.5 (124)** | 15.5 (78)** |
Patients with none of the above procedures | 26.7 (3169) | 26.5 (2630) | 21.0 (65) ‡‡ | 30.4 (167) ‡‡ | 11.0 (54)** | 34.9 (247)** | 23.9 (120) |