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

Table 6 Association between patients’ characteristics and CDT status infection respective to underlying diseases condition

Characteristics	No. of total patients	Pancreatic diseases	Hepatic diseases	Renal diseases	Malignancies	Miscellaneous diseases	Chi-square p-value
Gender
Male
CDT pos	302	74	37	54	71	66	< 0.05*
CDT neg	1073	158	151	226	279	259	< 0.05*
Total	1375	232	188	280	350	325
Female
CDT pos	138	30	11	19	39	39	0.23
CDT neg	523	78	46	109	128	162	0.23
Total	661	108	57	128	167	201
Age groups in years
2 to < 20
CDT pos	67	5	1	6	40	15	0.75
CDT neg	227	7	4	18	144	54	0.75
Total	294	12	5	24	184	69
20 to < 40
CDT pos	149	36	25	24	32	32	0.13
CDT neg	581	93	103	141	111	133	0.13
Total	730	129	128	165	143	165
40 to < 60
CDT pos	146	50	13	30	20	33	0.03*
CDT neg	521	107	60	126	78	150
Total	667	157	73	156	98	183
60 and above
CDT pos	78	13	9	13	18	25	0.82
CDT neg	267	29	30	50	74	84	0.82
Total	345	42	39	63	92	109
Antibiotics receipt
Nil
CDT pos	85	13	8	19	16	29	0.80
CDT neg	352	37	28	98	64	125	0.80
Total	437	50	36	117	80	154
Single
CDT pos	154	39	23	16	34	42	0.09
CDT neg	535	84	88	88	119	156	0.09
Total	689	123	111	104	153	198
Multiple
CDT pos	201	52	17	38	60	34	0.07
CDT neg	709	115	81	149	224	140	0.07
Total	910	167	98	187	284	174

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