Zinc Deficiency and the Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection after Fecal Microbiota Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 4
Serum corollaries with low zinc.
Normal zinc
Low zinc
Total
value
Test utilized
Albumin
n = 39
n = 25
n = 64
—
Mean (g/dl) (SD)
4.10 (0.30)
3.52 (0.41)
3.87 (0.45)
<0.001
t-test
Low (<3.5 g/dL), n (%)
0 (0.00)
7 (28.00)
7 (10.94)
0.001
Fischer’s exact
C-reactive protein
n = 36
n = 28
n = 64
—
Mean (mg/dL) (SD)
0.68 (0.91)
1.94 (2.10)
1.23 (1.66)
0.006
t-test
High (≥0.5 mg/dL), n (%)
15 (41.67)
23 (82.14)
38 (59.38)
0.001
Chi-square
White blood cell count
n = 35
n = 26
n = 61
—
Mean (k cells/mm3) (SD)
8.03 (2.19)
7.24 (2.33)
7.91 (2.72)
0.179
t-test
High (>11,000 cells/mm3), n (%)
3 (8.57)
0 (0.00)
3 (4.92)
0.254
Fischer’s exact
SD, standard deviation. The number of patients listed per laboratory value varies as some patients did not have albumin, C-reactive protein, and/or white blood cell count recorded at time of zinc measurement.
