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Table 2 Comparison of patients’ characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) events and controls

From: Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in a long-term care psychogeriatric facility: outbreak analysis and policy improvement

 

Controls

CDI infections

p-value§

Mean

St. Dev.

Range

Mean

St. Dev.

Range

 

Age (years)

82

7,3

(64–99)

82

7

(66–97)

0,77

BMI (kg/m2)

23

5,1

(15–37)

23

5,5

(15–40)

0,88

FI-admission

0,38

0,09

(0,25-0,55)

0,38

0,07

(0,22-0,53)

0,62

total protein (g/L)

5,8

0,9

(4–8)

5,4

0,8

(4–8)

0,03*

Prealbumine (mg/dL)

20,6

7

(8–35)

16,6

7,4

(5–41)

0,03*

MMSE (x/30)

22

6

(7–30)

21

7,3

(0–30)

0,68

  1. §p-value: from independent t-test; *: significant at p<0,05.
  2. For abbreviations: see Table 1.