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Table 1 Summary of patient demographics and baseline disease characteristics

From: Clostridium difficile Infection–Daily Symptoms (CDI-DaySyms™) questionnaire: psychometric characteristics and responder thresholds

Patient characteristics

Validation analysis set (N = 168)

Age (y)

 Mean (SD)

57.1 (16.9)

 Median (range)

60 (23.0–92.0)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

114 (67.9)

Race, n (%)

 White

157 (93.5)

 Black/African-American

6 (3.6)

 Asian

4 (2.4)

 Other

1 (0.6)

CDI disease severity, n (%)

 Mild-to-moderate

137 (81.5)

 Severe

19 (11.3)

 Missing information

12 (7.1)

Status at admission, n (%)

 Inpatient

76 (45.2)

 Outpatient

92 (54.8)

CDI episode type (investigator assessment in CRF), n (%)

 First occurrence

135 (80.4)

 First recurrence

33 (19.6)

  1. CDI Clostridium difficile infection, CRF case report form, SD standard deviation