Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Letter
Reactivation of Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Non-Hispanic Persons, Misiones Province, Argentina
Table
Demographic baseline characteristics of patients with reactivation of OT and multiple logistic regression analysis of the association between ethnic origin and risk for RTR during follow-up, Misiones province, Argentina, 2004–2014*
Demographic and follow-up data | Ethnicity |
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Hispanic, n = 29 | Slavic, n = 28 | Germanic, n = 46 | Other, n = 9 | |
Demographic data | ||||
Male sex† | 13 (44.83) | 14 (50) | 20 (43.48) | 5 (55.56) |
Median age, y (range)† | 31 (6–67) | 32.5 (14–70) | 31 (6–71) | 29 (6–68) |
Rural dwelling† | 18 (62.07) | 23 (82.14) | 30 (65.22) | 5 (55.56) |
Follow-up | ||||
Length, median mo† | 37 | 42 | 38.5 | 27 |
≥1 reactivation toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis | 4 (13.79) | 10 (35.71) | 12 (26.09) | 2 (22.22) |
OR (95% CI) | Reference | 3.47 (0.93–12.85)‡ | 2,2 (0.63–7.65)† | 1.78 (0.27–11.86)† |
OR adjusted for rural dwelling (95% CI) | Reference | 4.07 (1.05–15.68)§ | 2.2 (0.65–8.01)† | 1.73 (0.26–11.64)† |
*Data are no. (%) patients, unless otherwise indicated. Analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). p values <0.05 were considered significant. OR, odds ratio; OT, ocular toxoplasmosis; RTR, reactivation toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.
†p>0.05.
‡p = 0.06.
§p = 0.04.