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Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Research

SARS Transmission, Risk Factors, and Prevention in Hong Kong

Joseph T.F. Lau*Comments to Author , Hiyi Tsui*, Mason Lau*, and Xilin Yang*
Author affiliations: *Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Table 2

Preventive measures and risk factors reported by cases and controlsa

Factors Caseb Controlc Matched univariate OR (95% CI) Matched multivariate OR (95% CI) p valued
% visited mainland China (reference=no)
 12.7
 6.5
 2.09 (1.33 to 3.27)e
 1.95 (1.11 to 3.42)
 0.020
% visited PWH (reference=no)
 3.6
 0.5
 8.27 (2.32 to 29.49)e
 7.07 (1.62 to 30.75)
 0.009
% visited other hospitals/clinics (reference=no)
 40.7
 17.0
 3.36 (2.49 to 4.54)
 3.70 (2.54 to 5.39)
 <0.001
% visited Amoy Gardens (reference=no)
 15.5
 2.0
 9.10 (4.87 to 17.00)e
 7.63 (3.77 to 15.43)
 <0.001
% visited crowded places frequently (reference=occasionally/seldom/no)
 21.9
 20.8
 1.07 (0.76 to 1.50)
NS
 -
 -
% contacted someone with fever or influenza (reference=no)
 9.0
 6.4
 1.42 (0.87 to 2.32)
NS
 -
 -
% social contact with someone who visited a patient in a hospital (reference=no)
 8.2
 5.2
 1.66 (0.96 to 2.85)
NS
 -
 -
% social contact with medical personnel (reference=no)
 7.6
 8.6
 0.87 (0.52 to 1.44)
NS
 -
 -
% had a SARS case in the housing estate (reference=no)
 6.6
 8.5
 0.76 (0.44 to 1.31)
NS
 -
 -
% disinfected the living quarters thoroughly (reference=no)
 46.6
 74.5
 0.30 (0.23 to 0.39)e
 0.41 (0.29 to 0.58)
 <0.001
Wore a mask in public places frequently (reference=occasionally /seldom/no)
 27.9
 58.7
 0.27 (0.20 to 0.37)e
 0.36 (0.25 to 0.52)
 <0.001
Washed hands 11 or more times per day (reference=1–10 times/day) 18.4 33.7 0.44 (0.31 to 0.63)e 0.58 (0.38 to 0.87) 0.008

aN.S., not significant; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; -, not used by the multivariate analyses. The reference time period was the 10 days before the date of the patient’s onset of fever.
bn = 330.
cn = 660.
dp values for multivariate OR.
ep<0.005.

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