|
Parameter
|
Non–infected n (%)
|
Infected n (%)
|
Fisher’s Exact Test (p–value)
|
|---|
|
Consistency
| | | |
|
Formed specimens
|
141 (38.0)
|
8 (18.6)
|
3.3 (0.067)
|
|
Semi–formed specimens
|
168 (42.3)
|
9 (20.9)
|
4.3 (0.037)
|
|
Loose specimens
|
52 (14.0)
|
21 (48.8)
|
18.4 (< 0.001)
|
|
Bloody specimens
|
10 (2.7)
|
4 (9.3)
|
4.6 (0.03)
|
|
Mucoid and bloody specimens
|
0 (0)
|
1 (2.3)
|
–
|
|
Occult blood
| | | |
|
Present
|
51 (13.7)
|
43 (100)
|
68.1 (< 0.001)
|
|
Absent
|
320 (86.3)
|
0 (0)
|
–
|
|
Diarrhea in recent time*
| | | |
|
Frequent
|
69 (18.6)
|
15 (34.9)
|
3.8 (0.05)
|
|
Not frequent
|
109 (29.4)
|
28 (65.1)
|
9.3 (0.002)
|
|
Not applicable**
|
193 (52.0)
|
0 (0)
|
–
|
- *Frequent diarrhea is at least one episode of diarrhea a week. Not frequent diarrhea is at most one episode of diarrhea every fortnight; **No history of diarrhea in recent times
