TABLE 3.
UNIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF PHYSICAL FINDINGS IN HTLV-1 INFECTED CASES AND UNINFECTED CONTROLS
Findings | Case | Control | ORa | 95% CI | p | Adjusted 95% CI ORb | p | |
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Neurologic (%) | n=66 | n=53 | ||||||
Weakness | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hyperreflexia | 14 (21.2%) | 4 (7.5%) | 2.8 | 0.88-8.6 | 0.083 | 2.8 | 0.88-8.7 | 0.082 |
Babinski | 5 (7.6%) | 2 (3.8%) | 2.0 | 0.37-10.9 | 0.42 | 2.2 | 0.39-12.9 | 0.36 |
Rheumatologic | n=54 | n=53 | ||||||
Edema/warmth | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (1.5%) | 1.0 | 0.06-16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.06-16 | 1.0 |
Decreased ROMc | 4 (7.4%) | 0 (0%) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dental | n=61 | n=53 | ||||||
Periodontitis | 15 (24.6%) | 15 (28.8%) | 0.7 | 0.27-1.8 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.15-1.4 | 0.17 |
Dry mucosa | 33 (54.1%) | 27 (50.1%) | 1.6 | 0.61-4.1 | 0.35 | 1.8 | 0.66-5 | 0.24 |
Matched OR by conditional logistic regression
Matched OR after adjustment for income
Range of motion