Table 2. Attack rate and crude risk ratios for gastroenteritis among conference and hotel venue attendees and personnel, by food item served at lunch, 9 November 2017, County of Halland, Sweden (n = 301 survey respondents).
Exposure | Exposed | Unexposed | RR | 95% CI | p value | ||||
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Cases (n) | Total (N) | AR (%) | Cases (n) | Total (N) | AR (%) | ||||
Root vegetables (salad buffet) | 50 | 152 | 33 | 25 | 149 | 17 | 1.96 | 1.28–2.99 | 0.001 |
Beans (salad buffet) | 30 | 78 | 38 | 45 | 223 | 20 | 1.91 | 1.30–2.80 | 0.001 |
Plaice | 51 | 160 | 32 | 24 | 141 | 17 | 1.87 | 1.22–2.88 | 0.003 |
Julienne vegetablesa | 29 | 81 | 36 | 28 | 140 | 20 | 1.79 | 1.15–2.78 | 0.010 |
Raw vegetables (salad buffet) | 26 | 70 | 37 | 49 | 231 | 21 | 1.75 | 1.18–2.59 | 0.007 |
Tomato and onion salad (salad buffet) | 48 | 152 | 32 | 27 | 149 | 18 | 1.74 | 1.15–2.64 | 0.007 |
Bean salad | 21 | 55 | 38 | 54 | 246 | 22 | 1.74 | 1.15–2.62 | 0.012 |
Leafy greens (salad buffet) | 45 | 152 | 30 | 30 | 149 | 20 | 1.47 | 0.98–2.20 | 0.058 |
AR: attack rate; CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio.
a n = 221