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Table 1 Association between patients’ CDT status and underlying disease condition irrespective to all observed factors

From: Pancreatic disease patients are at higher risk for Clostridium difficile infection compared to those with other co-morbidities

Underlying diseases

Patients

n (%)

CDT pos

n (%)

CDT neg

n (%)

Chi-square

p-value

Pancreatic diseases

340 (16.7)

104 (30.6)

236 (69.4)

< 0.05*

Hepatic diseases

245 (12.0)

48 (19.6)

197 (80.4)

Renal diseases

408 (20.0)

73 (17.9)

335 (82.1)

Malignancies

517 (25.4)

110 (21.3)

407 (78.7)

Miscellaneous diseases

526 (25.9)

105 (20)

421 (80)

Total

2036 (100)

440 (21.6)

1596 (78.4)

 

Post Hoc analysis*

Adjusted p-value*

Pancreatic diseases

Hepatic diseases

< 0.05*

Renal diseases

Malignancies

Miscellaneous diseases

Hepatic diseases

Renal diseases

0.71

Miscellaneous diseases

0.92

Malignancies

Hepatic diseases

0.71

Renal diseases

0.42

Miscellaneous diseases

0.71

Miscellaneous diseases

Renal diseases

0.71

  1. CDT Clostridium difficile toxins, pos positive, neg negative
  2. *Significant p-value