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Table 3.

Differences in clinical symptoms by age, gender, PPI and antibiotic use in C. difficile infection

Patient characteristics		Clinical symptoms			Positive rate (%)		χ²	P value
Patient characteristics		-	+		Positive rate (%)		χ²	P value
Total	51			105		67.3
Age(year)							36.57	<0.001^*
0-10^a		6	66		91.7		15.59^c	<0.001^{*, c}
11-50^b		12	13		52.0		2.23^c	0.175^c
>50^b		33	26		44.1		9.71^c	0.002^{*, c}
Gender							0.95	0.331
Female		22	54		71.1
Male		29	51		63.8
PPI							5.15	0.023^*
Yes		20	23		53.5		2.81^c	0.107^c
No		31	82		72.6		0.86^c	0.421^c
Antibiotics							0.52	0.469
Yes		36	68		65.4
No		15	37		71.2

*Significant difference

a, b: If identical letters exist, they are not significant difference

c: Compared with total (156)

PPI: Proton pump inhibitors