[Table/Fig-7]:

Demographic data and risk factors associated with VRE gut colonization. Student’s t-test and Pearson’s Chi-square test were used for analysing continuous and categorical data respectively.

Variable	Class	Gut colonization		p-value*
		Positive (33)	Negative (14)
Sex	Male	20 (60.6%)	4 (28.6%)	0.045
	Female	13 (39.4%)	10 (71.4%)
Age group	Adult	27 (81.8%)	11 (78.6%)	0.796
	Paediatric	6 (18.2%)	3 (21.4%)
Metronidazole inj.	Yes	12 (36.4%)	7 (50.0%)	0.384
	No	21 (63.6%)	7 (50.0%)
Vancomycin	Yes	8 (24.2%)	3 (21.4%)	0.835
	No	25 (75.8%)	11 (78.6%)
Intravenous catheter	Yes	32 (97.0%)	13 (92.8%)	0.512
	No	1 (3.0%)	1 (7.2%)
Dialysis	Yes	11 (33.3%)	3 (21.4%)	0.503
	No	22 (66.7%)	11 (78.6%)
Nasogastric tube	Yes	21 (63.6%)	9 (64.3%)	0.966
	No	12 (36.4%)	5 (35.7%)
Tracheostomy	Yes	3 (9.1%)	2 (14.3%)	0.627
	No	30 (90.9%)	12 (85.7%)
Ventilator use	Yes	17 (51.5%)	6 (42.8%)	0.587
	No	16 (48.5%)	8 (57.2%)
Length of hospitalization (days)	Mean (Range)	15.73 (5-130)	12.71 (5-20)	0.6

*p value ≤ 0.05 is significant.