Is an interleukin-4 polymorphism associated with susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease : results of a retrospective cohort study?
The interleukin-4 gene-associated SNP rs2243250 was strongly associated with CDI in our IBD population. This SNP may allow for the identification of IBD patients at greater risk for CDI.
Recall is not simply a function of patient age. Age only predicts recall when controlling for amount of information presented. Both prognosis and information about prognosis are better predictors of recall than age. These results provide important insights into intervention strategies to improve information recall in patients with cancer.