Table 2. Demographical Information of Participating School Children Presenting/Not Presenting Pink Eye Illness (Within/Outside Family or School Clusters) during the AHC Outbreak in Taipei City, 2007.
Red Eye Illness | Family Cluster | School Class Cluster | |||||||
Present | Absent | OR | Yes | No | OR | Yes | No | OR | |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 55 | 164 | 2.17 * | 32 | 187 | 1.45 | 53 | 166 | 2.15 * |
Female | 28 | 181 | 22 | 186 | 27 | 182 | |||
Age (Years) | |||||||||
<10 | 15 | 128 | 10 | 133 | 12 | 131 | |||
≧10 | 68 | 211 | 2.75 * | 45 | 234 | 2.56 * | 68 | 211 | 3.51 * |
School Grades | |||||||||
1–3 | 5 | 131 | 4 | 132 | 2 | 134 | |||
4–6 | 21 | 65 | 8.46 * | 13 | 88 | 4.87 * | 21 | 65 | 21.64 * |
7–9 | 57 | 181 | 8.25 * | 38 | 200 | 6.27 * | 58 | 181 | 21.47 * |
School Areas | |||||||||
Northeast | 63 | 215 | 2.26 * | 47 | 231 | 3.93 * | 62 | 216 | 2.46 * |
Southwest | 21 | 162 | 9 | 174 | 19 | 163 | |||
Index Case in Family | |||||||||
1st case | 61 | 11 | 11.71 * | 40 | 32 | 4.13 * | 59 | 13 | 9.58 * |
Not 1st case | 18 | 38 | 13 | 43 | 18 | 38 |
*p <0.05.