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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Mar 26;140(7):1161–1172. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812000234

Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted multiple linear regression coefficients modeling primary attack rate as a function of potential NoV outbreak risk factors.

Variable Unadjusted* n Adjusted, no multiple
transmission routes (n=233)
Adjusted, with multiple
transmission routes (n=339)
Beta Std Error P-value Beta Std Error P-value Beta Std Error P-value
Intercept 1470.05 913.86 0.11 257.92 754.32 0.73
Transmission 309
Foodborne 29.48 4.11 <0.0001 10.53 7.20 0.15 5.48 3.99 0.17
Waterborne 18.18 5.76 <0.01 13.40 8.22 0.10 7.61 5.38 0.16
Environmental 7.63 12.22 0.53 11.76 15.66 0.45 −3.38 5.29 0.52
Person-to-Person Ref. - - Ref. - - Ref. - -
Setting 469
Foodservice 22.07 4.35 <0.0001 14.23 8.37 0.09 14.17 5.96 0.02
Healthcare −10.93 4.62 0.02 0.68 9.35 0.94 −3.11 6.58 0.64
Leisure 0.72 4.88 0.88 −1.34 8.84 0.88 −3.01 5.92 0.61
Other 9.77 5.39 0.07 −2.61 9.28 0.78 −0.42 6.79 0.95
School/Daycare Ref. - - Ref. - - Ref. - -
Outbreak Year 0.01 0.01 0.31 508 −0.72 0.46 0.12 −0.11 0.38 0.76
Season 475
Winter 2.75 3.89 0.48 6.03 5.08 0.24 9.90 3.56 <0.01
Spring 5.74 4.34 0.19 0.19 5.51 0.97 7.24 4.13 0.08
Summer −0.47 5.09 0.93 −1.31 5.79 0.82 2.10 4.22 0.62
Fall Ref. - - Ref. - - Ref. - -
Action to stop transmission 508
Described in article −8.27 3.45 0.02 −6.53 4.46 0.14 2.61 3.16 0.41
Not described Ref. - - Ref. - - Ref. - -
Genogroup 430
Genogroup II −2.83 4.26 0.51 0.33 5.35 0.95 −3.69 4.24 0.39
Both GI and GII 11.17 5.34 0.04 5.63 6.04 0.35 −0.21 4.95 0.97
Genogroup I Ref. - - Ref. - - Ref. - -
Genogroup, by cluster 362
GII non cluster 4 0.97 4.27 0.82
GII cluster 4 −16.16 4.27 0.0002
Both GI and GII 7.66 5.29 0.15
GI Ref. - -
Adjusted R2 0.14 0.15
*

Unadjusted analyses excluded outbreaks with multiple modes of transmission.

p < 0.05.

GII outbreaks with no cluster data were excluded from unadjusted model.