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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the patients with or without port infections

From: Port type is a possible risk factor for implantable venous access port-related bloodstream infections and no sign of local infection predicts the growth of gram-negative bacilli

Variables

All patients

Port infection (−)

Port infection (+)

P value

N

552

518 (94 %)

34 (6 %)

 

Gender—n (%)

   

0.0071

 Female

317 (57 %)

305 (59 %)

12 (35 %)

 

 Male

235 (43 %)

213 (41 %)

22 (65 %)

 

Age—mean ± SD

59.9 ± 12.3

59.5 ± 12.3

64.9 ± 11.1

0.0132

Age—n (%)

   

0.0312

 Age ≤ 65 years

369 (67 %)

352 (68 %)

17 (50 %)

 

 Age > 65 years

183 (33 %)

166 (32 %)

17 (50 %)

 

Malignancy (indication for the port)—n (%)

   

0.0005

 Lung cancer

105 (19 %)

88 (17 %)

17 (50 %)

 

 Head and neck tumor

29 (5 %)

27 (5 %)

2 (6 %)

 

 Breast cancer

132 (24 %)

130 (25 %)

2 (6 %)

 

 Esophageal cancer

5 (1 %)

5 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

 

 Gastric cancer

22 (4 %)

22 (4 %)

0 (0 %)

 

 Colorectal cancer

114 (21 %)

111 (21 %)

3 (9 %)

 

 Urological cancer

55 (10 %)

50 (10 %)

5 (15 %)

 

 Ovary cancer and cervical cancer

47 (9 %)

43 (8 %)

4 (12 %)

 

 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumor

9 (2 %)

9 (2 %)

0 (0 %)

 

 Leukemia and lymphoma

25 (5 %)

25 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

 

 Other malignancies

9 (2 %)

8 (2 %)

1 (3 %)

 

Malignancy (lung cancer or others)—n (%)

   

<0.0001

 Lung cancer

447 (81 %)

430 (83 %)

17 (50 %)

 

 Other malignancies

105 (19 %)

88 (17 %)

17 (50 %)

 

Surgeon—n (%)

   

0.5273

 Surgeon A

142 (26 %)

131 (25 %)

11 (32 %)

 

 Surgeon B

358 (65 %)

339 (65 %)

19 (56 %)

 

 Other surgeons

52 (9 %)

48 (9 %)

4 (12 %)