Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of participants.

	IC (n = 69)	Non IC (n = 37)	P-value
Age in years [mean (SD)]	8.3 (5.71)	4.65 (5.69)	0.06
Gender (Male: Female)	38:31	18:19	0.52
Race (Black: Hispanic: Other)	38:20:11	11:20:6	0.03
Antibiotics in last 3 months [n (%)]	43 (62%)	9 (24%)	< 0.001
Antibiotics during current admission [n (%)]	49 (71%)	18 (48%)	0.02
Hospitalization within last 3 months [n (%)]	33 (48%)	8 (22%)	0.008
Proton pump inhibitor use	15 (22%)	2 (5%)	0.02
C. difficile colonization (GDH) [n (%)]	16 (23%)	7 (19%)	0.61
Toxin B + C. difficile by PCR [n (%)]	9/16 (56%)	5/7 (71%)	0.58