Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

The clinical characteristics variations among the parasitized and non-parasitized diarrheal cases and controls.

Clinical character	Protozoa-positive					Protozoa-negative
	Cases		Controls		value	Cases		Controls		value
		%		%			%		%
Diarrhea
<14 days	15	71.4%	14	100%	0.06 (NS)	25	86.2%	36	100%	0.03 (Sig)
>14 days	6	28.6%	0	0%		4	13.8%	0	0%
Mucous/blood
Yes	2	9.5%	1	7.1%	1.0 (NS)	4	13.8%	2	5.6%	0.39 (NS)
No	19	90.5%	13	92.9%		25	86.2%	34	94.4%
Abdominal pain
Yes	21	100%	11	78.6%	0.05 (Sig)	29	100%	28	77.8%	0.007 (Sig)
No	0	0%	3	21.4%		0	0%	8	22.2%
Nausea/vomiting
Yes	12	57.1%	13	92.9%	0.02 (Sig)	2	6.9%	4	11.1%	0.68 (NS)
No	9	42.9%	1	7.1%		27	93.1%	32	88.9%
Bloating/flatulence
Yes	16	76.2%	10	71.4%	1.0 (NS)	18	62.1%	6	16.7%	0.001 (HS)
No	5	23.8%	4	28.6%		11	37.9%	30	83.3%
Fatigue
Yes	21	100%	14	100%	—	29	100%	4	11.1%	0.001 (HS)
No	0	0%	0	0%		0	0%	32	88.9%
Loss of weight
Yes	2	9.5%	2	14.3%	1.0 (NS)	4	13.8%	4	11.1%	0.74 (NS)
No	19	90.5%	12	85.7%		25	85.2%	32	88.9%
Total	21	100%	14	100%		29	100%	36	100%

: number, NS: nonsignificant, Sig: significant, and HS: highly significant. .