Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients with Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Control-Patients

Characteristic	CDAD Patients (n=48)	Control-Patients (n=144)
Mean age, y (± SD)	51.3 (23.3)	50.7 (22.9)
Median age, y	56	55
Female	21 (44%)	63 (44%)
Male	27 (56%)	81(56%)
Type of cancer
Hematologic	9 (19%)	27 (19%)
Solid	39 (81%)	117 (81%)
Stage of cancer
I	5 (10.4%)	15 (10.4%)
II	2 (4.2%)	6 (4.2%)
III	8 (16.7%)	24 (16.7%)
IV	22 (45.8%)	66 (45.8%)
Not staged	11 (23.0%)	33 (23.0%)

CDAD = C. difficile-associated diarrhea; SD = standard deviation