Zinc Deficiency and the Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection after Fecal Microbiota Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

FMT outcomes.

	CDI recurrence within 90 days after FMT, n (%)	Days until CDI recurrence, median (range)
All subjects
Normal zinc (n = 49)	3 (6.12)	72 (6–88)
Low zinc (n = 31)	5 (16.13)	15 (4–81)
Total (n = 80)	8 (10.00)	28 (4–88)
value	0.097	0.456
Test utilized	Wilcoxon test	Mann–Whitney U
Low zinc subjects
Not supplemented (n = 6)	3 (50.00)	14 (4–81)
Supplemented (n = 25)	2 (8.00)	28 (15–41)
Total (n = 31)	5 (16.13)	15 (4–81)
value	0.014	0.564
Test utilized	Wilcoxon test	Mann–Whitney U

CDI, Clostridium difficile infection.