Table 4.
Reported fresh fish types purchased by cases-patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria skin or soft tissue infection and controls – New York City, 2013–2014
| Case-patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls (N = 185) | Confirmed and probable (N = 56) | Confirmed (N = 36) | Confirmed, restricted to onset September–October (N = 19) | ||||
| Fresh fish purchased | No. (%) | No. (%) | OR* (95% CI) | No. (%) | OR* (95% CI) | No. (%) | OR* (95% CI) |
| Bass | 110 (60) | 29 (52) | 0·7 (0·4–1·3) | 16 (44) | 0·5 (0·2–1·1) | 8 (42) | 0·5 (0·2–1·2) |
| Buffalo fish | 74 (40) | 27 (48) | 1·3 (0·7–2·6) | 18 (50) | 1·3 (0·6–2·9) | 9 (47) | 1·1 (0·4–2·9) |
| Carp | 16 (9) | 4 (7) | 0·8 (0·2–2·4) | 4 (11) | 1·2 (0·3–4·1) | 2 (11) | 1·2 (0·2–5·8) |
| Chame | 14 (8) | 5 (9) | 1·4 (0·4–4·3) | 2 (6) | 0·9 (0·1–4·1) | 1 (5) | 1·0 (0·0–7·9) |
| Flounder | 21 (11) | 5 (9) | 0·8 (0·3–2·1) | 2 (6) | 0·4 (0·1–1·8) | 1 (5) | 0·4 (0·0–2·3) |
| Perch | 29 (16) | 9 (16) | 1·7 (0·7–4·1) | 5 (9) | 1·5 (0·5–4·3) | 2 (11) | 0·9 (0·1–4·5) |
| Pomfret | 21 (11) | 5 (9) | 0·9 (0·3–2·4) | 4 (11) | 1·1 (0·3–3·4) | 0 (0) | 0·4 (0·0–1·8) |
| Salmon | 55 (30) | 16 (29) | 0·8 (0·4–1·6) | 8 (22) | 0·6 (0·2–1·3) | 5 (26) | 0·6 (0·2–1·9) |
| Snapper | 30 (16) | 10 (18) | 1·0 (0·4–2·2) | 6 (17) | 0·9 (0·3–2·2) | 5 (26) | 1·5 (0·4–4·4) |
| Sole | 24 (13) | 9 (16) | 1·2 (0·5–2·8) | 7 (19) | 1·5 (0·5–3·9) | 2 (11) | 0·6 (0·1–2·8) |
| Tilapia | 96 (52) | 34 (61) | 1·4 (0·7–2·8) | 25 (69) | 2·0 (0·9–4·8) | 15 (79) | 3·6 (1·1–13·9)† |
| Whiting | 15 (8) | 11 (20) | 2·7 (1·1–6·6)† | 9 (25) | 3·6 (1·4–9·5)† | 2 (11) | 1·2 (0·2–5·6) |
| Yellow fish | 30 (16) | 9 (16) | 0·9 (0·4–2·2) | 7 (19) | 1·1 (0·4–2·9) | 3 (16) | 0·9 (0·2–3·3) |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*
Adjusted for age group, sex, and language of interview.
†
Denotes P < 0·05.