Table 3.

Infectious disorders and risk of MM in white and black US male veterans

	Whites			Blacks			Combined
	N	RR*	95% CI	N	RR*	95% CI	N	RR*	95% CI
Total infectious disorders	764	1.37	1.25-1.50	461	1.16	1.03-1.30	1225	1.29	1.20-1.38
Respiratory system
Sinusitis	65	1.22	0.95-1.59	23	1.02	0.66-1.59	88	1.17	0.94-1.46
Influenza	27	1.49	1.01-2.21	3	—	—	30	1.18	0.81-1.71
Nasopharyngitis/laryngitis	12	1.27	0.71-2.23	4	—	—	16	1.22	0.75-2.00
Otitis media/mastoiditis	14	1.06	0.63-1.79	4	—	—	18	1.12	0.71-1.78
Pneumonia	382	1.60	1.42-1.80	214	1.45	1.24-1.69	596	1.54	1.40-1.69
Tuberculosis	53	0.98	0.73-1.30	56	0.92	0.70-1.21	109	0.95	0.78-1.16
Digestive system
Gastroenteritis	30	1.07	0.80-1.42	6	0.61	0.35-1.05	36	0.92	0.71-1.18
Hepatitis	19	2.22	1.39-3.54	10	1.37	0.73-2.57	29	1.82	1.25-2.65
Genitourinary system
Cystitis	4	—	—	4	—	—	8	1.72	0.82-3.62
Gonorrhea	3	—	—	5	0.94	0.39-2.61	8	1.04	0.52-2.09
Pyelonephritis	7	0.97	0.46-2.04	7	1.13	0.53-2.37	14	1.04	0.62-1.76
Syphilis	27	1.20	0.80-1.80	62	0.98	0.75-1.27	89	1.03	0.83-1.29
Systemic
Meningitis	9	1.89	0.90-3.96	8	2.50	1.19-5.27	17	2.15	1.27-3.64
Septicemia	70	1.63	1.25-2.12	37	1.14	0.78-1.66	107	1.43	1.15-1.77
Other
Herpes simplex	13	1.64	0.88-3.05	3	—	—	16	1.36	0.77-2.39
Herpes zoster	35	2.12	1.48-3.02	8	1.59	0.76-3.35	43	2.00	1.45-2.75
Mycoses	95	1.05	0.85-1.31	60	1.13	0.86-1.48	155	1.08	0.91-1.28
Rickettsioses	11	1.16	0.62-2.15	15	1.27	0.72-1.24	26	1.21	0.80-1.85
Poliomyelitis	6	2.27	0.94-5.45	3	—	—	9	2.28	1.14-4.56

— indicates RR and CI not calculated due to small numbers.

^*RR adjusted for visits, attained age, calendar time, and latency (combined also adjusted for race).