Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization and its association with pulmonary diseases: a multicenter study based on a modified loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay

Table 3 Comorbidities in patients with P. jirovecii colonization

Comorbidities	Patients with colonization	Patients without colonization	Total	Positive rate (%)
Hypertension	45	12	57	78.95
Cardiac insufficiency	31	20	51	60.78
Diabetes mellitus	25	8	33	75.76
Coronary heart disease	24	9	33	72.73
Autoimmune diseases	24	5	29	82.75^#
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome	9	2	11	81.82
Others	9	7	16	56.25
Total	167	63	230	72.61

^#P > 0.05 compared with hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and systemic inflammatory response syndrome; P < 0.05, > 0.01, compared with the cardiac insufficiency group

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