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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Mar 15;11(4):263–267. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.006

Table 2.

Quantitative Fecal Lactoferrin for Each Subset Population

Diarrhea Reported Diarrhea Observed Clostridium difficile via PCR for gdh Weight Loss Cognitive Change ADL Change
No. of samples total 5 28 2 3 5 17
No. of samples with elevated fecal lactoferrin 3 19 2 3 2 10
Minimum level fecal lactoferrin (μg/mL) 137.13 10.2 14.29 13.78 99.37 11.41
Mean level fecal lactoferrin (μg/mL) 14.00 52.3 134.10 61.87 129.12 76.48
Maximum level fecal lactoferrin (μg/mL) 253.00 254.00 253.95 152.76 158.86 253.95

ADL, activity of daily living; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.