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Unadjusted, matched odds ratios for the occurrence of cryptosporidiosis among patients with AIDS according to exposure to non-tap water sources |
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| Cases (n = 49) |
Controls (n = 99) |
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| Variable |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
Odds Ratio |
95% CI |
|
|
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| Sex partner |
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| No |
14 |
(29) |
31 |
(31) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
35 |
(71) |
68 |
(69) |
1.07 |
0.48, 2.38 |
| Sex partner with diarrhea |
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| No |
47 |
(96) |
91 |
(92) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
2 |
(4) |
8 |
(8) |
2.00 |
0.61, 3.30 |
| Touched anything soiled with feces or help someone with toileting |
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| No |
44 |
(90) |
94 |
(95) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
5 |
(10) |
5 |
(5) |
1.89 |
0.54, 6.66 |
| Fecal exposure compositea |
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| No |
42 |
(86) |
87 |
(88 |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
7 |
(14) |
12 |
(12) |
1.23 |
0.44, 3.43 |
| Ingested water or submerged head in a body of water |
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| No |
42 |
(86) |
83 |
(84) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
7 |
(14) |
16 |
(16) |
1.00 |
0.36, 2.76 |
| Exposed to any animals |
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| No |
25 |
(51) |
37 |
(37) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
24 |
(49) |
62 |
(63) |
0.63 |
0.31, 1.29 |
| Traveled outside of San Francisco |
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| No |
40 |
(82) |
74 |
(75) |
1.00 |
Reference |
| Yes |
9 |
(18) |
25 |
(25) |
0.45 |
0.11, 1.93 |
|
aHad sex with partner who had diarrhea, cared for person with diarrhea, or touched something soiled with feces from person with diarrhea | ||||||
Aragón et al. BMC Public Health 2003 3:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-2 |
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