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 |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloody diarrhea | Â | Â | ||||||
 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 | Â | Â | ||||||
 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 | Â | Â | ||||||
 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 | Â | Â | ||||||
 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 | Â | Â | ||||||
 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* |