Table 3 Comparisons of incidences of K. pneumoniae liver abscess, invasive K. pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome and mortality between aspirin users and non-users in unmatched cohort and propensity-score matched (PSM) cohort.

From: The impact of aspirin on Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in diabetic patients

 

Unmatched cohort (n = 95,627)

PSM cohort (n = 63,500)

Aspirin users (n = 43,247) n (%)

Non-users (n = 52,380) n (%)

p value

Aspirin users (n = 31,750) n (%)

Non-users (n=31,750) n (%)

p value

K. pneumoniae liver abscess

124 (0.29)

298 (0.57)

< 0.01

98 (0.31)

159 (0.50)

< 0.01

Invasive K. pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome

5 (0.01)

13 (0.02)

0.14

5 (0.02)

9 (0.03)

0.29

Extrahepatic complications

 Endophthalmitis

5 (0.01)

2 (0.00)

 

5 (0.02)

0 (0.00)

 

 Brain abscess

0 (0.00)

1 (0.00)

 

0 (0.00)

1 (0.00)

 

 Bacterial meningitis

0 (0.00)

4 (0.01)

 

0 (0.00)

3 (0.01)

 

 Lung abscess

0 (0.00)

5 (0.01)

 

0 (0.00)

4 (0.01)

 

 Abscess of the prostate

0 (0.00)

1 (0.00)

 

0 (0.00)

1 (0.00)

 

In-hospital mortality

3976 (9.19)

4932 (9.42)

0.24

2804 (8.83)

2426 (7.64)

< 0.01