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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis Disease in Humans in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002–2014

Jennifer A. DavidsonComments to Author , Miranda G. Loutet, Catherine O’Connor, Cathriona Kearns, Robert M.M. Smith, Maeve K. Lalor, H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar, and Dominik Zenner
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (J.A. Davidson, M.G. Loutet, C. O’Connor, M.K. Lalor, H.L. Thomas, I. Abubakar, D. Zenner); P; ublic Health Agency Northern Ireland, Belfast, Ireland, UK (C. Kearns); Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK (R.M.M. Smith); University College London, London (M.K. Lalor, H.L Thomas, I. Abubakar, D. Zenner)

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Table 2

Demographics and risk factors for patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis disease, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002–2014*

Characteristic
 M. bovis patients, no. (%), n = 329
 M. tuberculosis patients, no. (%), n = 58,540
 Univariable analysis
Multivariable analysis
OR (95% CI)
 p value
 OR (95% CI)
 p value
Age group, y
0–14 6 (1.8) 1,200 (2.1) 1.9 (0.8–4.3) <0.001 1.5 (0.6–3.6) <0.001
15–44 102 (31.0) 38,558 (65.9) Referent Referent
45–64 61 (18.5) 10,953 (18.7) 2.1 (1.5–2.9) 1.3 (0.9–2.0)
>65
 160 (48.6)
 7,826 (13.4)
 7.7 (6.0–9.9)
3.6 (2.6–5.2)
Sex
M 179 (54.4) 33,715 (57.7) 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 0.229 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 0.287
F
 150 (45.6)
 24,721 (42.3)
 Referent
Referent
UK-born
Yes 214 (72.1) 13,576 (24.7) 7.9 (6.1–10.1) <0.001 2.6 (1.7–4.1) <0.001
No
 83 (27.9)
 71,361 (75.3)
 Referent
Referent
Ethnicity
White 230 (73) 11,968 (21.1) 28.0 (16.8–46.4) <0.001 14.6 (7.2–26.9) <0.001
Black African 37 (11.8) 12,501 (22.1) 4.3 (2.4–7.7) 7.4 (3.7–14.9)
Indian subcontinent† 16 (5.1) 23,285 (41.1) Referent Referent
Other
 32 (10.2)
 8,905 (15.7)
 5.2 (2.9–9.5)
7.3 (3.6–14.8)
Occupation
Agricultural/animal contact work 20 (7.9) 116 (0.3) 32.4 (19.8–53.0) <0.001 29.5 (16.9–51.6) <0.001
Other
 232 (92.1)
 43,698 (99.7)
 Referent
Referent
Site of disease
Pulmonary 193 (58.8) 37,580 (64.2) 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 0.048 0.4 (0.3–0.5) <0.001
Extrapulmonary only
 135 (41.2)
 20,938 (35.8)
 Referent
Referent
Place of residence
Rural 81 (24.6) 1,944 (3.3) 9.5 (7.3–12.2) <0.001 2.8 (2.0–3.9) <0.001
Urban 248 (75.4) 56,380 (96.7) Referent Referent

*Interactions between 1) place of birth (UK-born/non–UK-born) and all of the other variables (age, sex, ethnicity, occupation, site of disease, place of residence [rural/urban]) and 2) age and site of disease or place of residence (rural/urban) were tested. No significant interactions existed in the model.
OR, odds ratio.
†Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani ethnic groups.

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