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Table 3 Factors associated with severe illness among adults aged 18 years with shigellosis — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2002–2014

From: Disparities in severe shigellosis among adults — Foodborne diseases active surveillance network, 2002–2014

 

Odds Ratioa (95% CI)

P-value

Age group, years

 18–49

Male vs Female

1.32 (1.15–1.52)

< 0.001

 ≥ 50

Male vs Female

1.07 (0.88–1.30)

0.51

Species

S. flexneri

Male vs Female

1.39 (1.10–1.75)

0.005

S. sonnei

Male vs Female

1.02 (0.90–1.15)

0.78

Race

 Black vs White

 

1.36 (1.22–1.52)

< 0.001

 Black vs Other

 

1.27 (1.02–1.58)

0.04

Specimen collection year

 

1.04 (1.03–1.05)

< 0.001

  1. aResults from a multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression model that included sex, age, species, race, data year and two interaction terms between sex & age and species & sex as covariates