Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
THEME ISSUE
CHOLERA IN HAITI
Dispatch
Multinational Cholera Outbreak after Wedding in the Dominican Republic
Mercedes Laura Jiménez
, Andria Apostolou, Alba Jazmin Palmera Suarez, Luis Meyer, Salvador Hiciano, Anna Newton, Oliver Morgan, Cecilia Then, and Raquel Pimentel
, Andria Apostolou, Alba Jazmin Palmera Suarez, Luis Meyer, Salvador Hiciano, Anna Newton, Oliver Morgan, Cecilia Then, and Raquel Pimentel
Table 2
Odds of consuming specific food and beverage items during a wedding, Dominican Republic, January 2011*
|
Food item consumed
|
No. (%) case-patients, n = 42
|
No. (%) controls, n = 62
|
OR (95% CI)
|
p value
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked shrimp on ice | 25 (60) | 9 (15) | 10.82 (3.31–35.35) | <0.001 |
| Langostinos | 14 (33) | 9 (15) | 2.23 (0.56–8.81) | 0.254 |
| Mixed rice and vegetables | 1 (2) | 12 (19) | 0.04 (0.003–0.45) | 0.009 |
| Other food | 1 (2) | 10 (16) | 0.18 (0.02–1.74) | 0.139 |
| Ice cubes in beverages | 16 (38) | 9 (15) | 4.10 (1.28–13.16) | 0.018 |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Pearson goodness-of-fit for the regression model <0.001 (10 df, χ2 38.19). Because exponentiated coefficients from the logistic regression model are shown in the table, the regression intercept (log odds for non–case-patients) is not shown.
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