Table 2.
Clinical and laboratory parameters of CDI patients divided to mild and moderate severity disease groups.
| Mild disease (n = 38) |
Moderate disease (n = 16) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical parameter | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | p-Value |
| Age (year) | 77.05 | 46–98 | 75.38 | 58–92 | 0.6781 |
| WBC [cells/μl] | 13851.58 | 2490–31840 | 20438.75 | 1700–70000 | 0.0448 |
| CRP [mg/l]* | 65.26 | 6.41–100 | 84.62 | 31.6–100 | 0.067 |
| Albumin [g/dl] | 2.69 | 1.5–4.3 | 2.24 | 1.08–3.3 | 0.0473 |
| Creatinine [mg/dl] | 1.85 | 0.3–7.8 | 1.88 | 0.6–5.42 | 0.9623 |
| PCT [ng/ml] | 0.75 | 0.03–8.68 | 10.3 | 0.15–100 | 0.0032 |
∗CRP > 100 was considered 100. Bold values indicate statistical significance, p-value < 0.05.