Table 3.
Association between patients’ symptoms and CDT status, irrespective to underlying diseases condition
| Clinical symptoms | Patients n (%) |
CDT pos n (%) |
CDT neg n (%) |
Chi-square p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody diarrhea | |||||
| Absent | 1912 (93.9) | 1508 (94.5) | 404 (91.8) | 0.05* | |
| Present | 124 (6.1) | 88 (5.5) | 36 (8.2) | ||
| Total | 2036 (100) | 1596 (78.4%) | 440 (21.6%) | ||
| Watery diarrhea | |||||
| Absent | 768 (37.7) | 613 (38.4) | 155 (35.2) | 0.25 | |
| Present | 1268 (62.3) | 983 (61.6) | 285 (64.8) | ||
| Total | 2036 (100) | 1596 (78.4%) | 440 (21.6%) | ||
| Mucus in stool | |||||
| Absent | 1364 (67.0) | 1065 (66.7) | 299 (68) | 0.67 | |
| Present | 672 (33.0) | 531 (33.3) | 141 (32) | ||
| Total | 2036 (100) | 1596 (78.4%) | 440 (21.6%) | ||
| Abdominal pain | |||||
| Absent | 1193 (58.6) | 951 (59.6) | 242 (55) | 0.09 | |
| Present | 843 (41.4) | 645 (40.4) | 198 (45) | ||
| Total | 2036 (100) | 1596 (78.4%) | 440 (21.6%) | ||
| Fever | |||||
| Absent | 1174 (57.7) | 922 (57.8) | 252 (57.3) | 0.90 | |
| Present | 862 (42.3) | 674 (42.2) | 188 (42.7) | ||
| Total | 2036 (100) | 1596 (78.4%) | 440 (21.6%) | ||
| Frequency | Median (IQR) | 6 (4–8) | 6 (4–8) | Ranksum test | 0.521 |
| Duration | Median (IQR) | 3 (2–7) | 3 (2–6) | 0.119 |
CDT Clostridium difficile toxins
* Significant