Table 1 Characteristics of individuals and etiological composition between patients from different departments
From: Diagnostic models for fever of unknown origin based on 18F-FDG PET/CT: a prospective study in China
Patients from the department of infectious diseases (n = 369) | Patients from other departments (n = 155) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex male | 193 (52.3) | 92 (59.4) | 0.139 |
Age (years) | 48 [32–60] | 50 [32–62] | 0.315 |
Duration of fever (days) | 37 [28–57] | 38 [28–65] | 0.564 |
Infection | 157 (42.5) | 66 (42.6) | 0.969 |
Malignancy | 85 (23.0) | 36 (23.2) | |
NIID | 76 (20.6) | 33 (21.3) | |
Miscellaneous cause | 17 (4.6) | 5 (3.2) | |
Unknown cause | 34 (9.2) | 15 (9.7) |