Research Article
Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Occult Pulmonary Infection in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 3
Univariate analysis of the occult pneumonia in the patients with T2DM.
| Clinicopathologic characteristics | OP () | NOP () | value | value |
| Age (years) | 65-70 | 119 | 164 | 21.02 | <0.01 | 71-80 | 76 | 132 | | | >80 | 54 | 28 | | |
| Gender | Male | 132 | 175 | 0.06 | 0.81 | Female | 117 | 149 | | |
| History of smoking | Smoked | 89 | 100 | 1.52 | 0.22 | Never smoked | 160 | 224 | | |
| History of drinking | Drank | 44 | 39 | 3.61 | 0.06 | Never drank | 205 | 285 | | |
| Underlying diseases | Hypertension | 95 | 126 | 0.03 | 0.86 | Coronary heart disease | 59 | 74 | 0.06 | 0.81 | Senile dementia | 83 | 51 | 24.32 | <0.01 | Hypothyroidism | 72 | 61 | 8.04 | <0.01 |
| Biochemical indexes | WBC (×109/mL) | | | 11.58 | <0.01 | PCT (μg/L) | | | 17.80 | <0.01 | CRP (mg/L) | | | 3.70 | <0.01 | ALB (g/L) | | | 1.53 | 0.13 |
| Invasive operation | Have | 54 | 75 | 0.17 | 0.68 | Not | 195 | 249 | | |
| Prolonged bed rest | Prolonged | 45 | 66 | 0.48 | 0.49 | Never prolonged | 204 | 258 | | |
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