Table 4 Meta-regression comparing Clostridioides difficile asymptomatic carrier prevalence of specific populations versus healthy group

Healthy population (n = 6)

Reference

Cystic Fibrosis (n = 2)

0.47

0.25

0.68

<0.001

Outbreak (n = 3)

0.30

0.13

0.48

<0.001

Cancer population (n = 6)

0.23

0.09

0.37

0.001

Hospital setting – patients at admission (n = 10)

0.17

0.05

0.30

0.006

Hospital setting – hospitalized patients (n = 6)

0.15

0.02

0.29

0.029

Long-term care facilities/Elderly population (n = 13)

0.15

0.03

0.27

0.017

Intensive Care Unit (n = 7)

0.14

0.003

0.28

0.046

Hospital setting – health care workers (n = 2)

0.11

-0.09

0.32

0.272

Cirrhosis (n = 1)

0.33

0.08

0.59

0.011

Kidney transplant (n = 1)

0.30

0.03

0.56

0.029

Inflammatory bowel disease (n = 1)

0.10

-0.18

0.37

0.481

*Another setting (n = 4)

-0.005

-0.16

0.15

0.953