Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Research
Populations at Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, France
Table 1
Univariate analysis of studied behavior and area of living and risk for alveolar echinococcosis, France, 1982–2007*
Variable | Lived in DAR |
Lived outside DARs |
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No. (%) patients | No. (%) controls | OR (95% CI) | p value | No. (%) patients | No. (%) controls | OR (95% CI) | p value | ||
Total no. | 164 | 92 | 16 | 474 | |||||
Had agricultural occupation | 62 (38) | 7 (8) | 7.33 (3.13–20.00) | <0.001 | 1 (6) | 23 (5) | 1.31 (0.03–9.25) | 0.558 | |
Had kitchen garden | 152 (93) | 64 (70) | 5.50 (2.52–12.66) | <0.001 | 14 (88) | 292 (62) | 4.35 (0.98–39.90) | 0.037 | |
Lived in rural/urban commune | 105 (64) | 27 (29) | 4.26 (2.39–7.75) | <0.001 | 3 (19) | 114 (24) | 0.73 (0.13–2.72) | 0.772 | |
Had dog | 133 (81) | 56 (61) | 2.75 (1.49–5.09) | <0.001 | 13 (81) | 297 (63) | 2.58 (0.70–14.30) | 0.187 | |
Handled fox | 50 (30) | 12 (13) | 2.91 (1.42–6.41) | 0.002 | 3 (19) | 64 (14) | 1.48 (0.26–5.58) | 0.469 | |
Ate raw wild salads | 128 (78) | 61 (66) | 1.80 (0.98–3.31) | 0.054 | 10 (63) | 249 (53) | 1.50 (0.49–5.12) | 0.459 | |
Went hunting | 28 (17) | 15 (16) | 1.06 (0.51–2.27) | 1 | 2 (13) | 65 (14) | 0.90 (0.10–4.06) | 1 | |
Ate raw wild berries | 149 (91) | 84 (91) | 0.95 (0.33–2.50) | 1 | 15 (94) | 430 (91) | 1.53 (0.23–66.05) | 1 |
*DAR, département (second largest administrative area in France) located in at-risk areas; OR, crude odds ratio; commune, smallest administrative unit in France. Boldface indicates statistical significance.
1Additional members of the FrancEchino Network who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.