Table 1 Clinical characteristics of total cohort.

From: Diagnostic and prognostic value of combined cerebrospinal fluid parameters for post-neurosurgical intracranial infection in brain tumor patients

Characteristics

Non-infected (n = 157)

Infected (n = 57)

Suspected

(n = 140)

Age, median (1st, 3rd quartile)

55 (47, 61)

51 (42, 61)

56 (48.25, 63)

Sex, Males, n (%)

61 (38.9)

30 (52.6)

61 (43.6)

Tobacco, n (%)

21 (13.4)

8 (14.0)

24 (17.1)

Alcoholism, n (%)

14 (8.9)

4 (7.0)

19 (13.6)

Hypertension, n (%)

36(22.9)

15 (26.3)

37 (26.4)

Diabetes, n (%)

12 (7.6)

7 (12.3)

15 (10.7)

BMI*, > 25, n (%)

51 (34.7)

23 (41.8)

58 (43.3)

KPS, ≥ 90, n (%)

53 (33.8)

29 (50.9)

56 (40.0)

NRS2002, ≥ 2, n (%)

93 (59.2)

35 (61.4)

84 (60.0)

Tumor type, n (%)

 Glioma

26 (16.6)

21 (36.8)

24 (17.1)

 Brain metastatic tumor

102 (65.0)

12 (21.1)

62 (44.3)

 Meningioma

9 (5.7)

9 (15.8)

24 (17.1)

 Sellar region tumor

10 (6.4)

2 (3.5)

7 (5.0)

 Others

10 (6.4)

13 (22.8)

23 (16.4)

  1. *BMI was recorded for 336 episodes (147 episodes with non-infected group, 55 episodes with infected group, 134 episodes with suspected infected group).