From: Epidemiological investigation of two parallel gastroenteritis outbreaks in school settings
Exposed | Non exposed | |||||||
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Risk factors | Cases | Total | AR*% | Cases | Total | AR*% | RR † | 95% CI‡ |
Consumption of tap water from the school | 32 | 45 | 71.1 | 20 | 66 | 30.3 | 2.35 | 1.56-3.54 |
Consumption of bottled water | 27 | 77 | 35.1 | 25 | 35 | 71.4 | 0.49 | 0.34-0.71 |
Consumption of water from the cooler in the teaching staff room | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 47 | 100 | 47.0 | 0.97 | 0.49-1.91 |
Another person at approximate environment with gastroenteritis symptoms before the onset of symptoms | 25 | 31 | 80.7 | 28 | 42 | 66.7 | 1.21 | 0.92-1.59 |
Participation in tutorial lessons (after school) | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 36 | 73 | 49.3 | 0.98 | 0.64-1.50 |
Participation in athletic activities | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 41 | 83 | 49.4 | 0.97 | 0.60-1.56 |
Visit to playground | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 51 | 104 | 49.04 | 1.02 | 0.25-4.13 |