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Table 2 Distribution of common causative pathogens for diarrhoea among smokers and non-smokers

From: Diarrhoea and smoking: an analysis of decades of observational data from Bangladesh

Pathogens

Smoker, n = 3986 (%)

Non-smoker, n = 16,771 (%)

OR (95 % CI) p value

Vibrio cholerae

861 (22)

4409 (26)

0.77 (0.71, 0.84) <0.001

Shigella spp.

287 (7)

971 (6)

1.26 (1.10, 1.45) <0.001

Salmonella spp.

99 (3)

343 (2)

1.22 (0.97, 1.54) 0.096

Campylobacter spp.

186 (5)

814 (5)

0.96 (0.81, 1.13) 0.649

Rotavirus

130 (3)

612 (4)

0.90 (0.73, 1.09) 0.281

Entamoeba histolytica

81 (2)

278 (2)

1.24 (0.96, 1.60) 0.100

Giardia lamblia

97 (3)

364 (2)

1.13 (0.89, 1.43) 0.318

  1. OR, Odds ratio; 95 % CI, 95 % Confidence interval. p values were calculated using the chi-square test