Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients with UTIs according to treatments

Age at diagnosis of UTI, mean (SD)

70.69 (7.2)

73.76 (7.5)

70.72 (6.5)

69.89 (7.8)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Age Group

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 - < 75

5,309 (84.0)

622 (66.9)

2,883 (88.9)

1,804 (84.1)

 - ≥ 75

1,009 (16.0)

308 (33.1)

360 (11.1)

341 (15.9)

Latency from PC to UTI (months), mean (SD)

32.76 (30.9)

38.76 (30.7)

36.51 (32.8)

31.34 (27.6)

< 0.001

0.120

< 0.001

< 0.001

Latency from PC to UTI (months)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.996

 - < 3

730 (11.1)

54 (5.8)

380 (11.7)

269 (12.5)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.613

 - 3–6

575 (9.1)

71 (7.6)

316 (9.7)

188 (8.8)

0.115

0.119

0.576

0.439

 - 6–12

660 (10.4)

86 (9.2)

349 (10.8)

241 (11.2)

0.411

0.378

0.555

0.945

 - > 12

4,380 (69.3)

719 (77.3)

2,198 (67.8)

1,420 (66.2)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.940

UTI type

0.069

0.444

0.067

0.282

 - UPPER

1,561 (24.7)

251 (27.0)

812 (25.0)

498 (23.2)

 - LOWER

4,757 (75.3)

679 (73.0)

2,431 (75.0)

1,647 (76.8)

Hospitalization at UTI diagnosis

0.021

0.297

0.871

0.019

 - NO

5,574 (88.2)

827 (88.9)

2,826 (87.1)

1,921 (89.6)

 - YES

744 (11.8)

103 (11.1)

417(12.9)

224 (10.4)

Radiation cystitis

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.323

 - NO

6,239 (98.7)

898 (96.6)

3,209 (99.0)

2,132 (99.4)

 - YES

79(1.3)

32 (3.4)

34 (1.0)

13 (0.6)