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Table 3 Factors associated with IID incidence in the community, IID2 Study, UK 2008–9

From: The second study of infectious intestinal disease (IID2): increased rates of recurrent diarrhoea in individuals aged 65 years and above

Variable

RR

p

(95% CI)1

Age group

   

  <1 year-olds

5.00

<0.001

(3.11 - 8.03)

  1 to 4 year-olds

3.62

<0.001

(2.91 - 4.52)

  5 to 14 year-olds

1.40

0.003

(1.12 - 1.76)

  15 to 64 year-olds

1.27

0.002

(1.09 - 1.48)

  65+ year-olds

1.00

--

--

Linear effect of previous episodes on:

   

  <1 year-olds

1.70

0.001

(1.25 - 2.32)

  1 to 4 year-olds

1.28

0.109

(0.95 - 1.72)

  5 to 14 year-olds

2.49

<0.001

(1.78 - 3.47)

  15 to 64 year-olds

2.08

<0.001

(1.80 - 2.41)

  65+ year-olds

3.08

<0.001

(2.54 - 3.74)

Sex

   

  Male

1.00

--

--

  Female

1.22

0.001

(1.08 - 1.37)

NS-SEC

   

  Managerial and professional occupations

1.00

--

--

  Intermediate occupations

0.96

0.772

(0.74 - 1.25)

  Small employers and own account workers

0.98

0.843

(0.82 - 1.17)

  Lower supervisory and technical occupations

0.63

<0.001

(0.51 - 0.80)

  Semi-routine and routine occupations

0.82

0.089

(0.64 - 1.03)

  Not classifiable

0.90

0.189

(0.76 - 1.05)

  1. 195% CIs are based on robust standard errors.
  2. Results from a multivariable Cox regression model.