Table 1.
Demographics of a cohort of U.S. military service members exposed with bacterial gastroenteritis infections and a matched (age, gender, deployment, baseline medical encounter) cohort of subjects without gastroenteritis
| |
Exposed |
Unexposed |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any bacillary diarrhea | Campylobacter spp. | Non-typhoid Salmonella spp. | Shigella spp. | Yersinia enterocolitica | ||
| N |
1753 |
738 |
624 |
376 |
17 |
6765 |
| Median age (IQR) |
28 (23,34) |
29 (24,36) |
26 (22,32) |
29 (25,35) |
27 (23,33) |
28 (23,34) |
| Race [n (%)] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White, Non-Hispanic |
1264 (72.1) |
584 (79.1) |
424 (68.0) |
242 (64.4) |
16 (95.1) |
4570 (67.6) |
| African-American |
275 (15.7) |
58 (7.9) |
119 (19.1) |
97 (25.8) |
1 (5.9) |
1291 (19.1) |
| Other |
214 (12.2) |
96 (13.0) |
81 (13.0) |
37 (9.8) |
0 (0.0) |
904 (13.4) |
| Sex [n (%)] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
1419 (81.0) |
624 (84.6) |
496 (79.5) |
287 (76.3) |
14 (82.4) |
5506 (81.4) |
| Female |
334 (19.1) |
114 (15.5) |
128 (20.5) |
89 (23.7) |
3 (17.7) |
1259 (18.6) |
| Branch of Service [n (%)] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Army |
789 (45.0) |
378 (51.2) |
252 (40.4) |
153 (40.7) |
8 (47.1) |
1540 (22.8) |
| Marine |
124 (7.1) |
41 (5.6) |
58 (9.3) |
23 (6.1) |
2 (11.8) |
739 (10.9) |
| Navy |
312 (17.8) |
106 (14.4) |
136 (21.8) |
68 (18.1) |
2 (11.8) |
2336 (34.5) |
| Air Force |
486 (27.7) |
204 (27.6) |
152 (24.4) |
125 (33.2) |
5 (29.4) |
1790 (26.5) |
| Coast Guard |
42 (2.4) |
9 (1.2) |
26 (4.2) |
7 (1.9) |
0 (0.0) |
360 (5.3) |
| Education [n (%)] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No High School |
12 (0.7) |
2 (0.3) |
5 (0.8) |
5 (1.3) |
0 (0.0) |
36 (0.5) |
| High School |
961 (54.9) |
357 (48.4) |
378 (60.6) |
213 (56.7) |
14 (82.4) |
4272 (63.2) |
| Less than 4 yrs of College |
228 (13.0) |
99 (13.4) |
79 (12.7) |
51 (13.6) |
0 (0.0) |
731 (10.8) |
| Bachelor’s Degree |
257 (14.7) |
121 (16.4) |
84 (13.5) |
51 (13.5) |
1 (5.9) |
819 (12.1) |
| Graduate Degree |
234 (13.4) |
135 (18.3) |
54 (8.7) |
44 (11.7) |
1 (5.9) |
628 (9.3) |
| Unknown |
61 (3.5) |
24 (3.3) |
24 (3.9) |
12 (3.2) |
1 (5.9) |
279 (4.1) |
| Marital Status [n (%)] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Single, Never Married |
347 (19.8) |
129 (17.5) |
153 (24.5) |
61 (16.2) |
5 (29.4) |
1892 (28.0) |
| Married |
1278 (72.9) |
560 (75.9) |
429 (68.8) |
281 (74.7) |
9 (52.9) |
4564 (67.5) |
| Other |
126 (7.2) |
49 (6.6) |
41 (6.6) |
33 (8.8) |
3 (17.7) |
309 (4.6) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |