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Table 4 Different categories of fecal microbiota transplantation and potential factors influencing AEs occurrence

From: Long-term safety of fecal microbiota transplantation in Chinese children from 2013 to 2023: a single-center retrospective study

Category

Sub-group

n (%)

AEs

Univariate

Multivariate

 

n (%)

χ2

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Sex

Males

553 (68.0)

30 (5.4)

0.40

0.53

0.74

0.35–1.56

0.43

Females

260 (32.0)

17 (6.5)

     

Age group (mo)

< 36

101 (12.4)

6 (5.9)

0.005

0.94

2.05

0.73–5.8

0.18

> 36

712 (87.6)

41 (5.8)

     

Route of administration

Nasogastric tube

50 (6.2)

8 (16.0)

10.21

0.000

 

Reference

 

Nasal jejunal tube

121 (14.9)

17 (14.0)

17.84

0.000

0.62

0.23–1.67

0.34

Enema

78 (9.6)

5 (6.4)

0.06

0.80

0.35

0.11–1.13

0.08

Capsule

525 (64.6)

13 (2.5)

29.72

0.000

0.09

0.03–0.27

0.000

Colonoscopy

39 (4.8)

4 (10.3)

1.51

0.22

0.47

0.12–1.90

0.29

Donor selection

Consanguineous donors

57 (7.0)

13 (22.8)

26.45

0.000

2.71

1.16–6.31

0.021

Non-consanguineous donors

756 (93.0)

34 (4.5)

 

Disease type

Chronic intractable diarrhea

No basic illness

27 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

21.16

0.002

1.19

0.47–3.03

0.72

Primary immunodeficiency

8 (1.0)

2 (2.7)

 

IPEX syndrome

20 (2.5)

5 (6.7)

Gene mutation

3 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

GVHD

17 (2.1)

1 (1.3)

Non-chronic intractable diarrhea

738 (90.8)

39 (5.3)

IBD

76 (9.3)

12 (15.8)

15.42

0.000

3.98

1.78–8.92

0.001

Non-IBD

737 (90.7)

35 (4.8)

 

rCDI

175 (21.5)

11 (6.3)

0.10

0.75

0.5

0.25

1.12

Non-rCDI

638 (78.5)

36 (5.6)

 
  1. Abbreviations: rCDI: recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; GVHD: Graft-versus-host diseases; IPEX syndrome: Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome. AEs: adverse events