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TABLE 3.

Relationship between patient factors and gastrointestinal candidiasis (n = 37), Kampala, Uganda, March 2017 to December 2017.

Variable	Observation	Culture result					p
		Growth		No significant growth		Total
		n	(%)	n	(%)	Total
Age group^†	Children (< 18 years)	5	17.2	24	83.8	29	0.26
	Youth (18–40 years)	7	11.9	52	88.1	59	-
	Adults (41–65 years)	12	12.4	85	87.6	97	-
	Elderly (> 65 years)	13	23.2	43	76.8	56	-
Sex	Male	12	9.6	112	90.3	124	0.01
Sex	Female	25	21.4	92	78.6	117	-
Type of diabetes mellitus	Type 1	11	13.4	71	86.6	82	0.71
Type of diabetes mellitus	Type 2	26	12.7	133	83.6	159	-
Fasting blood glucose	Normal	17	16.4	117	87.3	134	0.66
Fasting blood glucose	Hyperglycaemic (> 6.1 mmol/L)	20	18.7	87	81.3	107	-
Glycaemic control	Good (< 7.0%)	2	1.2	159	98.7	161	≤ 0.001
Glycaemic control	Poor	35	43.7	45	56.3	80	-
Antibiotic use^†	Yes	26	63.4	15	36.6	41	≤ 0.001
Antibiotic use^†	None	11	5.5	189	94.5	200	-
Antifungal use^†	Yes	25	71.4	10	28.6	35	≤ 0.001
Antifungal use^†	None	12	5.8	194	94.2	206	-
Corticosteroid use^†	Yes	14	77.8	4	22.2	18	≤ 0.001
Corticosteroid use^†	None	23	10.3	200	89.7	223	-

^†

, Use of antibiotics, antifungals or corticosteroids was defined as treatment for more than 2 weeks less than 1 month ago.