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Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research

Long-Term Prognosis for Clinical West Nile Virus Infection

Anne Labowitz Klee*, Beth Maldin*, Barbara Edwin*, Iqbal Poshni*, Farzad Mostashari*, Annie D. Fine*, Marcelle Layton*, and Denis Nash*†1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *New York City Department of Health, New York City, New York, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 1Current affiliation: New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

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Table 6

Recovery at 12 months postonset by health status domain and underlying health condition in patients with clinical West Nile virus infection, New York City, 1999

Recovery Total Recovered, n (%) Not recovered, n (%) Risk ratio 95% confidence interval
Physical recovery
No underlying condition 18 11 (61.1) 7 (38.9) 1.3 0.70–2.4
Hypertension or diabetes 17 8 (47.1) 9 (52.9) Referent
Total 35 19 (54.3) 16 (45.7)
Cognitive recovery
No underlying condition 17 11 (64.7) 6 (35.3) 1.2 0.70–2.2
Hypertension or diabetes 17 9 (52.9) 8 (47.1) Referent
Total 34 20 (58.8) 14 (41.2)
Functional recovery
No underlying condition 18 12 (66.7) 6 (33.3) 1.4 0.78–2.6
Hypertension or diabetes 17 8 (47.1) 9 (52.9) Referent
Total 35 20 (57.1) 15 (42.9)
Total recovery
No underlying condition 18 9 (50.0) 9 (50.0) 2.1 0.80–5.6
Hypertension or diabetes 17 4 (23.5) 13 (76.5) Referent
Total 35 13 (37.1) 22 (62.9)

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