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Table 2 Significant risk factors for infection based on postal questionnaire

From: Early outbreak detection by linking health advice line calls to water distribution areas retrospectively demonstrated in a large waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Sweden

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value*

Age

 0-5

4.22

2.66 – 6.68

<0.001

 6-15

2.28

1.42 – 3.68

0.001

 16-65

3.08

1.96 – 4.83

<0.001

 66-

1.00

  

Water source

 Not from any WTP/own well

1.00

  

 Abborrverket WTP

2.30

1.49 – 3.56

<0.001

 Not Abborrverket WTP

1.14

0.68 – 1.91

0.613

  1. CI confidence interval, WTP water treatment plant
  2. *Fisher’s exact P - value
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