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. 2014 Apr;21(4):509–517. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00770-13

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study populationa

Characteristic CDI-positive patients (n = 50) CDI-negative patients (n = 50) Control patients with no diarrhea (n = 45)
Avg (range) age (yr) 58 (2–91) 56 (21–83) 63 (22–85)
No. of patients by:
    Ethnicity
        Asian 1 1 0
        B/AA 10 8 11
        H/L 4 6 9
        W/C 28 29 25
        Other 7 6
    Gender
        Female 27 24 19
        Male 23 26 26
a

CDI, patients with C. difficile infection; B/AA, black/African-American; H/L, Hispanic/Latino; W/C, white/Caucasian.