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. 2012 Apr;18(4):680–683. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.110628

Table 2. Correlates of study participants and human parvovirus 4 infection in multivariate analysis, Cameroon, 2009.

Participant characteristic All participants

After exclusions*
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) p value Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) p value
Age group, y
60–64 2.21 (1.13–4.31) 0.02 2.88 (1.16–7.17) 0.02
65–69 1.01 (0.46–2.24) 0.98 1.20 (0.39–3.70) 0.76
70–74 1.16 (0.54–2.46) 0.71 1.51 (0.55–4.16) 0.42
>75 1.00 1.00
Tuberculosis
No 1.00 1.00
Yes, treated with oral drugs only 2.09 (0.58–7.54) 0.26 2.91 (0.63–13.51) 0.17
Yes, treatment included streptomycin 5.21 (0.99–27.37) 0.05 20.96 (1.67–262.99) 0.02
Vaccine scar, left arm
Absent 1.00 1.00
Present 0.37 (0.19–0.71) 0.003 0.32 (0.13–0.78) 0.01
Intravenous treatment for malaria 0.06
No 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.92 (1.13–3.24) 0.015 1.98 (0.97–4.03) 0.06

*After exclusion of 81 participants with borderline negative results and 35 with borderline positive results.