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Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Research

Case−Control Study of Risk Factors for Meningococcal Disease in Chile

Andrea OleaComments to Author , Isabel Matute, Claudia González, Iris Delgado, Lucy Poffald, Elena Pedroni, Tania Alfaro, Macarena Hirmas, Manuel Nájera, Ana Gormaz, Darío López, Sergio Loayza, Catterina Ferreccio, Doris Gallegos, Rodrigo Fuentes, Pablo Vial, and Ximena Aguilera
Author affiliations: Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile (A. Olea, I. Matute, C. González, I. Delgado, L. Poffald, M. Hirmas, M. Nájera, A. Gormaz, R. Fuentes, P. Vial, X. Aguilera); Universidad Isalud, Buenos Aires, Argentina (E. Pedroni); Universidad de Chile, Santiago (T. Alfaro); Chilean Ministry of Health, Santiago (D. López, S. Loayza, D. Gallegos); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (C. Ferreccio)

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Table 2

Multivariate model of risk factors for development of meningococcal disease in persons <5 years of age for all Neisseria meningitidis serogroups, Chile, January 2012−March 2013*

Risk factor β SE p value OR (95% CI)
Hospitalization for whooping cough 2.94 1.30 0.024 18.86 (1.47–241.87)
Age <1 y 2.04 0.38 <0.001 7.68 (3.68–16.05)
Shared space with other children 1.78 0.63 0.005 5.91 (1.73–20.14)
Hospitalization for asthma or acute lower RTI 1.44 0.41 <0.001 4.24 (1.91–9.44)
History of meningococcal disease in family 1.39 0.46 0.002 4.02 (1.63–9.92)
Shared bed with >2 persons 1.22 0.38 0.001 3.37 (1.62–7.03)
Income <US $517 0.95 0.35 0.007 2.59 (1.30–5.17)
Greeted >2 persons with kiss on mouth 0.85 0.37 0.023 2.35 (1.13–4.89)
Constant –6.87 1.56 <0.001 0.00

*OR, odds ratio; RTI, respiratory tract infection; R2 = 39%.

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