Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Pyogenic Liver Abscess as Endemic Disease, Taiwan
Feng-Chiao Tsai, Yu-Tsung Huang, Luan-Yin Chang, and Jin-Town Wang
Table 5
Demographic data on patients with primary pyogenic liver abscess from NTUH and NHI databases, Taiwan, 2000–2004*
| Item | NHI database | NTUH | p value† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. case-patients | 13,672 | 506 (3.70) | |
| Age, y, range (median) | 0–100 (59.95) | 0–90 (57.50) | |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 58.31 (16.37) | 55.92 (16.93) | 0.001 |
| Hospitalization, mean (SD) | 17.32 (12.80) | 30.13 (34.08) | <0.001 |
| M/F, no. (%) |
8,652/5,020 (63.3/36.7) |
329/177 (65.0/35.0) |
0.426 |
| Diabetes mellitus, no. (%) | 5,428 (39.7) | 140 (27.7) | <0.001 |
| Cirrhosis, no. (%) | 1,153 (8.4) | 19 (3.8) | <0.001 |
| Renal disease, no. (%) | 1,113 (8.1) | 47 (9.3) | 0.355 |
| Hypertension, no. (%) | 1,947 (14.2) | 88 (17.4) | 0.047 |
| Heart disease, no. (%) | 1,038 (7.6) | 53 (10.5) | 0.017 |
| Cerebrovascular accident, no. (%) | 461 (3.4) | 17 (3.4) | 0.988 |
| Other malignancy, no. (%) | 930 (6.8) | 77 (15.2) | <0.001 |
| Sepsis, no. (%) | 3,252 (23.8) | 137 (27.1) | 0.089 |
| Meningitis, no. (%) | 155 (1.1) | 6 (1.2) | 1.000 |
| Endophthalmitis, no. (%) | 226 (1.7) | 10 (2.0) | 0.593 |
| Pneumonia, no. (%) | 1,141 (8.3) | 54 (10.7) | 0.064 |
| Urinary tract infection, no. (%) | 916 (6.7) | 20 (4.0) | 0.015 |
| Acute viral hepatitis, no. (%) | 400 (2.9) | 10 (2.0) | 0.211 |
| Peptic ulcer, no. (%) | 1,161 (8.5) | 20 (4.0) | <0.001 |
| Abscess drainage, no. (%) | 4,795 (35.1) | 292 (57.7) | <0.001 |
| Biliary procedure, no. (%) | 790 (5.8) | 15 (3.0) | 0.007 |
| Deaths, no. (%) | 1,410 (10.3) | 31 (6.1) | 0.002 |
*Data expressions and statistical methods in this table are the same as in Table 1. NTUH, National Taiwan University Hospital; NHI, National Health Insurance.
†p<0.05 is considered statistically significant.
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