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. 2012 Sep 19;1(2):e6. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.2131

Table 3.

Estimates of Clostridium difficile (C-Diff) infection based on presence of risk factors.

Case frequency (%) Drivers Target
Metastatic tumor Weight loss Disease stage Inflammation/
other infection
Developed C-Diff (%)
No Yes
1.0 No Yes Systemic complications Yes 88.6 11.4
0.0 Yes Yes Local complications No 90.0 10.0
0.1 No Yes Systemic complications No 91.1 8.9
0.0 Yes Yes No complications No 92.3 7.7
0.0 Yes Yes No complications Yes 92.5 7.5
5.1 No No Systemic complications Yes 93.0 7.0
1.0 No Yes No complications Yes 93.7 6.3
2.4 No Yes Local complications Yes 96.3 3.7
0.9 Yes Yes Systemic complications Yes 96.9 3.1
0.2 Yes No No complications No 97.1 2.9
1.1 No No Systemic complications No 97.1 2.9
0.4 Yes Yes Systemic complications No 97.4 2.6
0.0 Yes Yes Local complications Yes 97.7 2.3
0.2 No Yes No complications No 97.8 2.2
0.3 Yes No No complications Yes 97.9 2.1
0.4 Yes No Local complications Yes 98.0 2.0
0.5 No Yes Local complications No 98.3 1.7
24.1 No No Local complications Yes 98.5 1.5
5.3 Yes No Systemic complications Yes 98.5 1.5
21.4 No No No complications Yes 98.8 1.2
0.2 Yes No Local complications No 99.3 0.7
16.6 No No Local complications No 99.4 0.6
11.8 No No No complications No 99.5 0.5
7.1 Yes No Systemic complications No 99.5 0.5