Table 3.
Likelihood of contracting yeast onychomycosis per patient sex, age group and U.S. census region.
| Variable | Yeasts | C. albicans | C. parapsilosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | OR (95% CI) | N | % | OR (95% CI) | N | % | OR (95% CI) | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 6806 | 2.5 | Referent | 549 | 0.2 | Referent | 3849 | 1.4 | Referent |
| Female | 15,928 | 3.7 | 1.5 (1.5, 1.6) | 1719 | 0.4 | 2.0 (1.8, 2.2) | 9698 | 2.3 | 1.6 (1.6, 1.7) |
| Age group | |||||||||
| <18 years | 373 | 1.9 | 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) | 22 | 0.1 | 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) | 186 | 0.9 | 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) |
| 18–44 years | 3238 | 2.2 | Referent | 313 | 0.2 | Referent | 2007 | 1.4 | Referent |
| 45–64 years | 8631 | 3.3 | 1.5 (1.5, 1.6) | 843 | 0.3 | 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) | 5286 | 2.0 | 1.5 (1.4, 1.6) |
| ≥65 years | 10,832 | 3.9 | 1.8 (1.7, 1.9) | 1113 | 0.4 | 1.9 (1.7, 2.2) | 6251 | 2.3 | 1.7 (1.6, 1.8) |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast | 6866 | 3.3 | 1.3 (1.2, 1.3) | 660 | 0.3 | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 4480 | 2.1 | 1.5 (1.4, 1.6) |
| Midwest | 2754 | 2.6 | Referent | 342 | 0.3 | Referent | 1497 | 1.4 | Referent |
| South | 11,902 | 3.5 | 1.4 (1.3, 1.4) | 1109 | 0.3 | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 6998 | 2.1 | 1.5 (1.4, 1.6) |
| West | 1398 | 2.5 | 0.9 (0.9, 1.0) | 166 | 0.3 | 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) | 693 | 1.2 | 0.9 (0.8, 0.9) |
OR ≤ 0.5 or ≥1.5 are shown in bold.