Table 2. Univariate exact conditional logistic regression analysis of potential exposures and risk factors for influenza A (H7N9) virus human infection — Zhejiang Province, China, 2013.
Exposures/risk factors* | Overall | Urban | Rural | |||||||||
% exposed | OR | 95% CI | % exposed | OR | 95% CI | % exposed | OR | 95%CI | ||||
Case (n = 43) | Control (n = 215) | Case (n = 25) | Control (n = 125) | Case (n = 18) | Control (n = 90) | |||||||
Buying live or freshly slaughtered poultry | 42 | 11 | 7.9 | 3.0–23 | 48 | 12 | 8.9 | 2.6–39 | 33 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 1.3–42 |
Raising poultry at home or around the house | 33 | 10 | 9.0 | 2.6–39 | 12 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 0.70–78 | 61 | 21 | 11 | 2.3–111 |
Tending to poultry | 26 | 4.7 | 19 | 4.0–182 | 4.0 | 0.80 | 5.0 | 0.06–392 | 56 | 10 | 33 | 4.4–435 |
Existence of a poultry farm in vicinity of residence | 16 | 2.8 | 13 | 2.4–133 | 8.0 | 0.80 | 10 | 0.52–590 | 28 | 5.6 | 16 | 1.6–788 |
Having neighbors that raised poultry at home | 56 | 20 | 6.4 | 2.9–15 | 44 | 13 | 5.1 | 1.8–15 | 72 | 30 | 9.8 | 2.4–59 |
Presence of underlying medical conditions | 65 | 22 | 7.1 | 3.2–17 | 76 | 13 | 30 | 7.0–272 | 50 | 18 | 4.7 | 1.4–19 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 24 | 0 | 31 | 4.2–∞ | 12 | 0 | 18 | 1.9–∞ | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.84–∞ |
Cardiovascular disease | 30 | 0 | 41 | 6.1–∞ | 16 | 0 | 21 | 2.6–∞ | 17 | 0 | 18 | 1.9–∞ |
Hypertension | 54 | 13 | 8.1 | 3.1–24 | 56 | 11 | 23 | 5.1–215 | 28 | 16 | 2.6 | 0.60–12 |
Diabetes | 33 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 1.6–23 | 24 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.9–117 | 11 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.17–20 |
Other diseases | 39 | 0.55 | 61 | 9.8–∞ | 32 | 0 | 50 | 7.7–∞ | 11 | 1.1 | 9.7 | 0.75–∞ |
Smoking cigarettes | 44 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.3–6.6 | 48 | 19 | 5.0 | 1.6–17 | 39 | 32 | 1.4 | 0.37–5.2 |
*The following exposures and factors were evaluated but were not statistically associated with disease onset: Slaughtering poultry, contact with dead poultry, visiting lake/park/pond/paddy field.