Table 1.

Patient demographics

Patient demographics were collected and recorded on day of consent.

Demographic	Healthy control (n = 16)	Case control (n = 20)	Initial CDI (n = 20)	Recurrent CDI (n = 20)
Age (mean)	48.43	52.8	59.80	52.90
Age (range)	30–62	25–77	30–79	33–84
Proportion of group with age ≥65 (%)	0	25	45	25
Female gender	81 % (14/16)	70 % (14/20)	55 % (11/20)	60 % (12/20)
Caucasian	16	11	13	11
African American	0	9	7	9