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. 2021 Oct 6;43:e2021076. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2021076

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics, personal behaviors, medical history, and exposure risk factors for persistence of at least a 1/10 amount of A/H5N1 antibodies at 30 months and 36 months

Characteristics Total 30 mo 36 mo



n (%) n (%) OR (95% CI)1 p-value n (%) OR (95% CI)1 p-value
Demographics
 Sex
  Male 23 (26.7) 17 (73.9) 0.35 (0.09, 1.40) 0.09 10 (43.5) 0.62 (0.21, 1.78) 0.32
  Female 63 (73.3) 56 (88.9) 1.00 (reference) 35 (55.6) 1.00 (reference)
 Age (yr)
  18–40 39 (45.3) 37 (94.9) 5.65 (1.06, 39.87) 0.02 24 (61.5) 1.98 (0.77, 5.17) 0.12
  41–65 47 (54.7) 36 (76.6) 1.00 (reference) 21 (44.7) 1.00 (reference)

Personal behaviors
 Alcohol use
  Yes 17 (19.8) 14 (82.4) 0.79 (0.17, 4.19) 0.74 10 (58.8) 1.39 (0.42, 4.64) 0.55
  No 69 (80.2) 59 (85.5) 1.00 (reference) 35 (50.7) 1.00 (reference)
 Smoking
  Yes 14 (16.3) 11 (78.6) 0.59 (0.12, 3.22) 0.75 6 (42.9) 0.63 (0.17, 2.29) 0.44
  No 72 (83.7) 62 (86.1) 1.00 (reference) 39 (54.2) 1.00 (reference)

Medical history
 Having flu-like symptoms in the past 18 mo or between 2 visits
  Yes 33 (38.4) 29 (87.9) 1.19 (0.32, 4.59) 0.78 1 (11.1) 0.09 (0.01, 0.81) 0.02
  No 53 (61.6) 44 (83.0) 1.00 (reference) 44 (57.1) 1.00 (reference)
 Having other diseases in the past 18 mo or between 2 visits
  Yes 7 (8.1) 7 (100) - 0.53 0 (0.0) - 0.43
  No 79 (91.9) 66 (83.5) - 45 (53.6) -

Exposure risk factors
 Having a poultry farm
  Yes 53 (61.6) 44 (83.0) 0.70 (0.16, 2.72) 0.76 30 (56.6) 1.57 (0.60, 4.12) 0.31
  No 33 (38.4) 29 (87.9) 1.00 (reference) 15 (45.5) 1.00 (reference)
 Coming into direct contact with poultry
  Yes 49 (57.0) 41 (83.7) 0.80 (0.20, 3.06) 0.72 28 (57.1) 1.57 (0.61, 4.06) 0.30
  No 37 (43.0) 32 (86.5) 1.00 (reference) 17 (45.9) 1.00 (reference)
 Directly slaughtering and processing poultry
  Yes 5 (5.8) 5 (100) - 0.33 1 (20.0) 0.21 (0.01, 2.15) 0.30
  No 81 (94.2) 68 (84.0) - 44 (54.3) 1.00 (reference)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

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