Table 2.
Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | Patients Without CDI |
Patients With CDI1 | Patients With Colectomy for CDI |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hospital A (n=28215) |
Number of Patients | 24232 | 3955 | 28 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 55.1 (18–103) | 64.1 (18–105) | 68.1 (23–87) | |
| Female (%) | 13727 (57) | 2015 (51) | 15 (54) | |
| Non-White (%) | 9075 (37) | 1192 (30) | 7 (25) | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 1.5 (0–16) | 2.2 (0–15) | 1.4 (0–7) | |
| Mortality (%) | 2.8 | 12.7 | 53.6 | |
|
Hospital B (n=8313) |
Number of Patients | 6977 | 1332 | 4 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 47.1 (18–101) | 56.2 (18–102) | 42.2 (36–66) | |
| Female (%) | 4016 (58) | 662 (50) | 0 (0) | |
| Non-White (%) | 1315 (19) | 168 (13) | 0 (0) | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 1.1 (0–12) | 2.2 (0–14) | 1.3 (0–4) | |
| Mortality (%) | 2.2 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
|
Hospital C (n=10692) |
Number of Patients | 9641 | 1026 | 25 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 54.3 (18–106) | 65.6 (18–97) | 69.6 (42–87) | |
| Female (%) | 5612 (58) | 535 (52) | 11 (44) | |
| Non-White (%) | 2643 (27) | 166 (16) | 4 (16) | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 1.6 (0–15) | 2.5 (0–14) | 2.2 (0–11) | |
| Mortality (%) | 3.3 | 8.4 | 28.0 | |
|
Hospital D (n=10201) |
Number of Patients | 9147 | 1036 | 18 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 53.9 (18–104) | 63.4 (19–100) | 70.1 (44–88) | |
| Female (%) | 5266 (58) | 512 (49) | 6 (33) | |
| Non-White (%) | 3153 (34) | 231 (22) | 2 (11) | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 1.3 (0–15) | 1.4 (0–11) | 0.6 (0–3) | |
| Mortality (%) | 2.4 | 8.6 | 33.3 | |
|
Hospital E (n=4165) |
Number of Patients | 3530 | 635 | 0 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 49.9 (18–100) | 50.6 (18–99) | - | |
| Female (%) | 1691 (48) | 237 (37) | - | |
| Non-White (%) | 3139 (89) | 552 (87) | - | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 0.5 (0–10) | 0.7 (0–11) | - | |
| Mortality (%) | 2.4 | 7.7 | - | |
|
Overall (n=61586) |
Number of Patients | 53527 | 7984 | 75 |
| Median Age, y (range) | 53.4 (18–106) | 61.5 (18–105)2 | 68.2 (23–88)3 | |
| Female (%) | 30312 (57) | 3961 (50) | 32 (43) | |
| Non-White (%) | 19325 (36) | 2309 (29) | 13 (17) | |
| Mean Charlson Score (range) | 1.4 (0–16) | 2.0 (0–15)4 | 1.5 (0–11)5 | |
| Mortality (%) | 2.7 | 10.2 | 38.7 |
1
Cases of recurrent CDI are excluded
2
p<.05 comparing age of patients with and without CDI
3
p=.03 comparing age of patients with CDI with and without colectomy
4
p<.05 comparing Charlson score of patients with and without CDI
5
p=0.04 comparing Charlson score of patients with CDI with and without colectomy