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. 2017 Apr 14;41:e72. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.72

TABLE 3. Bivariate and multiple analysis, with risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence interval (CIs), between clinical markers and persistent arthralgia at 6 months from laboratory-positive Chikungunya infection, Mexico, 2015.

Clinical markers

Bivariate analysis

Multiple analysis

RR

95(%)CI

P

RRa

95(%)CI

P

Sex

          Male

1.00

1.00

 

          Female

1.47

0.90–2.39

0.121

1.20

0.77–1.89

0.416

Age (years)

          < 40

1.00

1.00

 

          > 40

1.60

1.04–2.45

0.032

1.60

1.03–2.48

0.037

Sites (no.) of articular pain at acute disease

          > 8

1.00

1.00

 

          < 8

1.44

0.97–2.13

0.072

1.24

0.88–1.74

0.225

Articular effusion (any site) at acute disease

          No

1.00

1.00

 

          Yes

1.59

0.85–2.96

0.146

1.44

0.76–2.71

0.260

Length (days) of severe articular pain at acute disease

1–14

1.00

1.00

 

          15–30

1.69

1.02–2.79

0.042

1.27

0.79–2.05

0.319

          > 30

1.36

0.86–2.14

0.187

0.89

0.60–1.32

0.557

Arthralgia (any site) at 3 months from acute disease

          No

1.00

1.00

 

          Yes

4.29

2.10–8.75

< 0.001

3.95

1.95–8.01

< 0.001

History of ≤ 1 chronic diseaseb

          No

1.00

1.00

 

          Yes

1.38

0.93–2.04

0.108

1.13

0.68–1.88

0.648

Source: This table was prepared by the authors from the results of research.

a

The relative risks from multiple analysis are adjusted by the variables listed in the table.

b

Chronic disease = type 2 diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, or osteoarthritis.