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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Research

Risk Factors for Primary Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Illness in Humans, Saudi Arabia, 2014

Basem M. Alraddadi, John T. Watson, Abdulatif Almarashi, Glen R. Abedi, Amal Turkistani, Musallam Sadran, Abeer Housa, Mohammad A. Almazroa, Naif Alraihan, Ayman Banjar, Eman Albalawi, Hanan Alhindi, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Jonathan G. Meiman, Magdalena Paczkowski, Aaron Curns, Anthony W. Mounts, Daniel R. Feikin, Nina Marano, David L. Swerdlow, Susan I. Gerber, Rana Hajjeh, and Tariq A. MadaniComments to Author 
Author affiliations: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (B.M. Alraddadi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.T. Watson, G.R. Abedi, J.G. Meiman, M. Paczkowski, A. Curns, A. Mounts, D.R. Feikin, N. Marano, D.L. Swerdlow, S.I. Gerber, R. Hajjeh); Ministry of Health, Jeddah (A. Almarashi, A. Turkistani, A. Housa, A. Banjar, T.A. Madani); Ministry of Health, Najran, Saudi Arabia (M. Sadran); Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (M.A. Almazroa, N. Alraihan, A.J. Choudhry); Ministry of Health, Alwajh, Saudi Arabia (E. Albalawi); Ministry of Health, Hail, Saudi Arabia (H. Alhindi); King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (T.A. Madani)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus case-patients compared with age- and sex-matched neighborhood controls. Saudi Arabia, March 16–November 13, 2014

Variable* Total, no. (%), n = 146 Case-patients, no. (%), n = 30 Controls, no. (%), n = 116 p value
Sex 1.000†
F 5 (3) 1 (3) 4 (3)
M
 141 (97)
 29 (97)
 112 (97)
Interview respondent‡ <0.001†
Self 128 (88) 13 (43) 115 (99)
Proxy (relative)
 18 (12)
 17 (57)
 1 (1)
Nationality 0.620§
Saudi 98 (67) 19 (63) 79 (68)
Non-Saudi
 48 (33)
 11 (37)
 37 (32)
Education 0.850§
Primary school or less 65 (45) 14 (47) 51 (44)
More than primary school
 81 (55)
 16 (53)
 65 (56)
Household income (monthly)‡ 0.047§
<6,000 SAR 91 (62) 14 (47) 77 (66)
>6,000 SAR
 55 (38)
 16 (53)
 39 (34)
Marital status 0.475§
Never married 8 (5) 3 (10) 5 (4)
Married 133 (91) 26 (87) 107 (92)
Widowed 5 (3) 1 (3) 4 (3)

*Median ages (ranges) in years are as follows: case-patients, 49 (20–72); controls, 50 (19–74); all, 50 (19–74). p<0.846, pooled t test.
†Fisher exact test.
‡Statistically significant (p<0.05).
§χ2 test.

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