Research Article
Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study
Table 4
The clinical characteristics variations among Cryptosporidium species positive/negative diarrheal cases and controls.
| Clinical character | Cryptosporidium species-positive | Cryptosporidium species-negative |
Cases |
Controls | value |
Cases |
Controls | value | | % | | % | | % | | % |
| Diarrhea | | | | | | | | | | | <14 days | 3 | 60% | 3 | 100% | 0.46 (NS) | 37 | 82.2% | 47 | 100% | 0.002 (Sig) | >14 days | 2 | 40% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 17.8% | 0 | 0% | Mucous/blood | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | 6 | 13.3% | 3 | 6.4% | 0.31 (NS) | No | 5 | 100% | 3 | 100% | 39 | 86.7% | 44 | 93.6% | Abdominal pain | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 5 | 100% | 1 | 33.3% | 0.10 (NS) | 45 | 100% | 38 | 80.9% | 0.003 (Sig) | No | 0 | 0% | 2 | 66.7% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 19.1% | Nausea/vomiting | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 3 | 60% | 3 | 100% | 0.46 (NS) | 11 | 24.4% | 14 | 29.8% | 0.64 (NS) | No | 2 | 40% | 0 | 0% | 34 | 75.6% | 33 | 70.2% | Bloating/flatulence | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 4 | 80% | 3 | 100% | 1.0 (NS) | 30 | 66.7% | 13 | 27.7% | 0.000 (HS) | No | 1 | 20% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 33.3% | 34 | 72.3% | Fatigue | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 5 | 100% | 3 | 100% | — | 45 | 100% | 15 | 31.9% | 0.000 (HS) | No | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 32 | 68.1% | Loss of weight | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 1 | 20% | 1 | 33.3% | 1.0 (NS) | 5 | 11.1% | 5 | 10.6% | 1.0 (NS) | No | 4 | 80% | 2 | 66.7% | 40 | 88.9% | 42 | 89.4% | Total | 5 | 100% | 3 | 100% | | 45 | 100% | 47 | 100% | |
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: number, NS: nonsignificant, Sig: significant, and HS: highly significant. .
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