Table 3.
Childhood disease and immunizations in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis cases and controls.
| PBC | Controls | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood diseases | |||
| Chickenpox | 70% | 70% | 0.98 |
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| Measles | 64% | 56% | 0.01 |
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| Mumps | 54% | 53% | 0.78 |
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| Rheumatic fever | 4% | 4% | 0.35 |
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| Rubella (i.e. German measles) | 30% | 30% | 0.74 |
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| Immunizations | |||
| Influenza | 73% | 76% | 0.42 |
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| Measles | 38% | 43% | 0.32 |
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| Mumps | 31% | 39% | 0.06 |
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| Rubella (i.e. German measles) | 29% | 37% | 0.05 |
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| Smallpox | 65% | 57% | 0.01 |
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| Pertussis | 43% | 43% | 0.8 |
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| Pneumococcal | 45% | 42% | 0.23 |
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| Polio | 79% | 82% | 0.37 |
PBC: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
*
adjusted for age at time of recruitment, gender, and education