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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 25;212(5):745–753. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv107

Table 5.

Rates of Burn Injuries in HIV-Negative Household Contacts of HIV-Infected Individuals and Individuals in Exclusively HIV-Negative Households in Kibera, Nairobi

HIV-Infected Household Contacts, No.
HIV-Infected Household Contacts, No.
Burn Injury Rates by Age Group 0 ≥1 Risk Ratio P Value 1 2 ≥3 Risk Ratio P Value
Age <5 y
 Burn cases, No. 101 16 12 4 0
 PYO 614.7 89.4 68.0 19.5 1.9
 Incidence (95% CI), cases/PYO 0.16 (.13–.19) 0.18 (.11–.28) 1.09 (.64–1.85) .57 0.18 (.11–.29) 0.21 (.11–.45) NA 1.06 (.34–3.28) .89
Age ≥5 y
 Burn cases, No. 77 9 8 0 1
 PYO 2443.1 309.9 250.9 50.9 8.0
 Incidence (95% CI), cases/PYO 0.03 (.02–.04) 0.03 (.01–.05) 0.92 (.46–1.84) .85 0.032 (.014–.061) NA 0.12 (.06–.62) 0.53 (.07–.26) .62

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; d, days; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NA, not applicable; PYO, person-years of observation.