Culture-positive (n = 25) | Culture-negative (n = 50) | P-Value | |||
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Age (yrs) | 60.88 ± 14.21 | 65.24 ± 9.71 | 0.176 | ||
Sex | 0.307 | ||||
Male | 10 | 14 | |||
Female | 15 | 36 | |||
BMI | 26.15 ± 4.08 | 25.17 ± 3.83 | 0.325 | ||
Hip/Knee | 0.007 | ||||
Hip | 6 | 29 | |||
Knee | 19 | 21 | |||
Comorbiditya | 10 | 14 | 0.307 | ||
D-dimer (mg/L) | 3.96 ± 3.14 | 1.19 ± 0.91 | < 0.001 | ||
Fbg (g/L) | 4.75 ± 1.34 | 3.08 ± 0.60 | < 0.001 | ||
CRP (mg/L) | 61.31 + 63.93 | 5.09 ± 5.95 | < 0.001 | ||
ESR (mm/h) | 56.88 ± 31.89 | 19.70 ± 16.58 | < 0.001 |