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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2023 Sep 21;389(12):1147–1148. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2300805

Table 1.

Risk of Human Mpox Diagnosis, According to Subgroup.

Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Unadjusted Adjusted*
Vaccine type
 ACAM2000 0.44 (0.26–0.70) 0.25 (0.15–0.42)
 Dryvax 0.39 (0.19–0.75) 0.28 (0.13–0.58)
Age group
 35–44 yr 0.96 (0.67–1.37) 0.84 (0.55–1.28)
 45–64 yr 0.50 (0.36–0.70) 0.34 (0.23–0.49)
 ≥65 yr 0.05 (0.02–0.11) 0.04 (0.01–0.08)
Race or ethnic group
 Black 1.73 (1.26–2.40) 1.29 (0.90–1.87)
 Hispanic 1.24 (0.83–1.85) 1.00 (0.64–1.55)
 Other or unknown 1.34 (0.74–2.36) 0.90 (0.46–1.66)
Male sex 7.39 (3.28–21.18) 6.83 (2.95–19.89)
HIV diagnosis 2.89 (2.15–3.89) 2.34 (1.65–3.35)
*

The logistic regression model was adjusted for age, race, sex, and HIV status.

Race or ethnic group was reported by the participants. White race was used as the reference group in this analysis.