Volume 31, Number 6—June 2025
Research
Characterization of Adult and Pediatric Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections, Canada, 2015–2022
Table 3
Multivariate regression modeling of epidemiologic factors in characterization of adult and pediatric healthcare-associated and community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections, Canada, 2015–2022*
Characteristics |
Univariable analysis |
Multivariable analysis |
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Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value |
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RT027 (n = 438) vs. non-RT027 (n = 4,184) strains | |||||
Age group | |||||
Adult | 3.87 (2.75–5.63) | <0.0001 | 3.42 (2.35–5.18) | <0.0001 | |
Pediatric | Referent | Referent | |||
Sex | |||||
F | Referent | Referent | |||
M | 0.97 (0.79–1.17) | 0.720 | 0.97 (0.79–1.20) | 0.970 | |
CDI case type | |||||
Community-associated | Referent | Referent | |||
Healthcare-associated | 2.16 (1.65–2.89) | <0.0001 | 2.18 (1.64–2.95) | <0.0001 | |
Severe CDI† | 2.24 (1.71–2.99) | <0.0001 | 2.15 (1.63–2.90) | <0.0001 | |
Severe outcome‡ |
2.27 (1.56–3.24) |
<0.0001 |
1.93 (1.31–2.90) |
0.0005 |
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RT106 (n = 606) vs. non-RT106 (n = 4,016) strains | |||||
Age group | |||||
Adult | 0.72 (0.59–0.87) | 0.0007 | 0.71 (0.58–0.88) | 0.002 | |
Pediatric | Referent | Referent | |||
Sex | |||||
F | Referent | Referent | |||
M | 0.905 (0.76–1.07) | 0.251 | 0.89 (0.74–1.07) | 0.208 | |
CDI case type | |||||
Community-associated | Referent | Referent | |||
Healthcare-associated | 0.99 (0.81–1.21) | 0.921 | 1.01 (0.82–1.25) | 0.936 | |
Severe CDI† | 0.83 (0.69–1.01) | 0.0621 | 0.87 (0.72 – 1.06) | 0.168 | |
Severe outcome‡ | 0.76 (0.41–1.17) | 0.233 | 0.80 (0.50 – 1.24) | 0.345 |
*Bold font indicates statistical significance. CDI, C. difficile infection. †Severe CDI defined as albumin level <30 g/L, leukocyte count >15 × 109 cells/L, or both. ‡Severe outcome was defined as CDI-attributable admission to an intensive care unit, colectomy, or death within 30 d of first positive C. difficile specimen where CDI was the cause of death or contributed to death.
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