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. 2014 May 2;9(5):e95015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095015

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.