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Table 1 Demographics and prevalence of infections in study participants

From: Immunosenescence in persons with spinal cord injury in relation to urinary tract infections -a cross-sectional study-

 

yCtr (±SD)

ySCI (±SD)

oCtr (±SD)

oSCI (±SD)

yCtr-oCtr (p-value)

ySCI-oSCI (p-value)

yCtr-ySCI (p-value)

oCtr-oSCI (p-value)

N

42

42

42

43

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Age ± SD

42.8 ± 11

44.1 ± 9

67.6 ± 3

66.9 ± 6

<.001

0.68

<0.001

0.27

Time with SCI (y)

N/A

15.7 ± 11

N/A

21.7 ± 19

N/A

0.26

N/A

N/A

Age at SCI incident

N/A

28.5 ± 11

N/A

44.7 ± 20

N/A

<.001 ↑

N/A

N/A

Para- / Tetraplegic ratio

N/A

1.1

N/A

2.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

UTI

0%

33%

0%

45%

N/A

N/A ↑

N/A

N/A

CMV+

52%

64%

69%

86%

N/A ↑

N/A ↑

N/A

N/A

  1. Mean values are shown unless otherwise stated
  2. SD standard deviation, N/A not applicable, SCI spinal cord injury, UTI urinary tract infections, CMV+ IgG anti cytomegalovirus present in plasma, ↑ ↓ increasing or decreasing trend with age