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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Mar 1;115(5):1100–1108. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24107

TABLE 3.

INCIDENCE OF INFECTIONS AND COMPARISON BY ETHNICITY DURING INTENSIVE TIMING IN PHASE 1 AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN PHASE 2

Phase Ethnicity Rate/100 Days 95% CI IRR* 95% CI P Value
1 N=343 Bacteria White 1.031 0.881, 1.207 0.888 0.666, 1.185 0.420
Black 0.959 0.624, 1.474 0.888 0.566, 1.395 0.606
Hispanic 1.310 0.889, 1.930 1.259 0.834, 1.901 0.275
Gram Neg White 0.315 0.254, 0.390 0.919 0.624, 1.354 0.671
Black 0.282 0.156, 0.509 0.861 0.463, 1.601 0.629
Hispanic 0.394 0.237, 0.653 1.253 0.729, 2.152 0.979
Gram Pos White 0.706 0.592, 0.842 0.927 0.671, 1.281 0.648
Black 0.645 0.396, 1.051 0.884 0.530, 1.474 0.635
Hispanic 0.841 0.547, 1.293 1.189 0.752, 1.880 0.462

Fungi White 0.307 0.247, 0.382 0.873 0.594, 1.284 0.495
Black 0.333 0.193, 0.574 1.046 0.588, 1.861 0.878
Hispanic 0.446 0.278, 0.718 1.461 0.874, 2.442 0.166

Viruses White 0.148 0.108, 0.202 0.999 0.558, 1.787 0.997
Black 0.128 0.053, 0.308 0.853 0.340, 2.140 0.730
Hispanic 0.263 0.141, 0.488 1.948 0.982, 3.866 0.076

2 N=168 Bacteria White 0.876 0.694, 1.107 1.141 0.772, 1.686 0.507
Black 0.588 0.339, 1.018 0.670 0.374, 1.200 0.172
Hispanic 0.821 0.485, 1.390 0.980 0.557, 1.721 0.943
Gram Neg White 0.330 0.247, 0.440 1.001 0.622, 1.610 0.997
Black 0.124 0.047, 0.330 0.340 0.124, 0.932 0.013
Hispanic 0.483 0.280, 0.832 1.567 0.860, 2.854 0.162
Gram Pos White 0.519 0.390, 0.690 1.216 0.745, 1.982 0.432
Black 0.460 0.246, 0.860 0.940 0.479, 1.843 0.856
Hispanic 0.336 0.159, 0.708 0.663 0.302, 1.454 0.292

Fungi White 0.129 0.081, 0.205 1.511 0.631, 3.617 0.341
Black 0.000 0.000 0.005
Hispanic 0.186 0.077, 0.446 1.808 0.678, 4.816 0.265

Viruses White 0.050 0.024, 0.105 0.588 0.206, 1.675 0.323
Black 0.031 0.004 0.220 0.451 0.059, 3.451 0.390
Hispanic 0.186 0.077, 0.446 4.017 1.346, 11.987 0.023
*

IRR - incidence rate ratio. IRRs and p values compare white versus non-white children, black versus non-black children and hispanic versus non-hispanic children