Table 5.
Association between patients’ clinical symptoms and underlying diseases condition, irrespective to CDT status
| Clinical symptoms | Pancreatic diseases n = 340 (%) |
Hepatic diseases n = 245 (%) |
Renal diseases n = 408 (%) |
Malignancies n = 517 (%) |
Miscellaneous diseases n = 526 (%) |
Chi-square p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody diarrhea | ||||||||
| Absent | 324 (95.3) | 236 (96.3) | 389 (95.3) | 484 (93.6) | 479 (91.1) | 0.01* | ||
| Present | 16 (4.7) | 9 (3.7) | 19 (4.7) | 33 (6.4) | 47 (8.9) | |||
| Watery diarrhea | ||||||||
| Absent | 113 (33.2) | 100 (40.8) | 144 (35.3) | 207 (40) | 204 (38.8) | 0.17 | ||
| Present | 227 (66.8) | 145 (59.2) | 264 (64.7) | 310 (60) | 322 (61.2) | |||
| Mucus in stool | ||||||||
| Absent | 190 (55.9) | 165 (67.3) | 299 (73.3) | 355 (68.7) | 355 (67.5) | < 0.05* | ||
| Present | 150 (44.1) | 80 (32.7) | 109 (26.7) | 162 (31.3) | 171 (32.5) | |||
| Abdominal pain | ||||||||
| Absent | 156 (45.9) | 148 (60.4) | 263 (64.5) | 309 (59.8) | 317 (60.3) | < 0.05* | ||
| Present | 184 (54.1) | 97 (39.6) | 145 (35.5) | 208 (40.2) | 209 (39.7) | |||
| Fever | ||||||||
| Absent | 172 (50.6) | 171 (69.8) | 277 (67.9) | 240 (46.4) | 314 (59.7) | < 0.05* | ||
| Present | 168 (49.4) | 74 (30.2) | 131 (32.1) | 277 (53.6) | 212 (40.3) | |||
| Frequency | Median (IQR) | 5 (4–8) | 6 (5–8) | 6 (4–8) | 5 (4–8) | 5 (4–8) | Kruskal–Wallis test | 0.006* |
| Duration | Median (IQR) | 3 (2–10) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4.5) | 5 (3–15) | < 0.001* |
CDT Clostridium difficile toxins, Pos positive, Neg negative
* Significant p-value