Outcomes and Risk Factors Associated with Clostridium difficile Diarrhea in Hospitalized Adult Patients

Table 5

Factors associated with poor prognosis among 75 hospitalized adult patients with Clostridium difficile colitis according to multivariate logistic regression.

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P value
Enteral tube feeding	3.75 (1.24–11.29)	0.01

Variables entered into the model: enteral tube feeding and initial plasma albumin concentration. OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
Composite endpoint that includes in-hospital mortality, ICU admission, and treatment failure.