Table 4.
Association between patients’ characteristics with underlying diseases condition, irrespective to CDT status (n = 2036)
| Characteristics | Pancreatic diseases n (%) |
Hepatic diseases n (%) |
Renal diseases n (%) |
Malignancies n (%) |
Miscellaneous diseases n (%) |
Chi-square p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 232 (68.2) | 188 (76.7) | 280 (68.6) | 350 (67.7) | 325 (61.8) | < 0.05* |
| Female | 108 (31.8) | 57 (23.3) | 128 (31.4) | 167 (32.3) | 201 (38.2) | |
| Total | 340 (100) | 245 (100) | 408 (100) | 517 (100) | 526 (100) | |
| Age groups in years | ||||||
| 2 to < 20 | 12 (3.5) | 5 (2) | 24 (5.9) | 184 (35.6) | 69 (13.1) | < 0.05* |
| 20 to < 40 | 157 (46.2) | 73 (29.9) | 157 (38.5) | 98 (18.9) | 183 (34.8) | |
| 40 to < 60 | 129 (37.9) | 128 (52.2) | 164 (40.2) | 143 (27.7) | 165 (31.4) | |
| 60 and above | 42 (12.4) | 39 (15.9) | 63 (15.4) | 92 (17.8) | 109 (20.7) | |
| Total | 340 (100) | 245 (100) | 408 (100) | 517 (100) | 526 (100) | |
| Antibiotics received | ||||||
| Nil | 50 (14.7) | 36 (14.7) | 117 (28.7) | 80 (15.5) | 154 (29.3) | < 0.05* |
| Single | 123 (36.2) | 111 (45.3) | 104 (25.5) | 153 (29.6) | 198 (37.6) | |
| Multiple | 167 (49.1) | 98 (40) | 187 (45.8) | 284 (54.9) | 174 (33.1) | |
| Total | 340 (100) | 245 (100) | 408 (100) | 517 (100) | 526 (100) | |
CDT Clostridium difficile toxins
* Significant p-value