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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research

Association between Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 stx Gene Subtype and Disease Severity, England, 2009–2019

Lisa ByrneComments to Author , Natalie Adams, and Claire JenkinsComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK

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Table 3

Univariate and multivariable regression analysis of disease severity for 3,225 patients with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, by isolate Stx subtype and patient age and sex, England, 2009–2019

Category Univariate
Multivariable*
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) p value
Stx subtype
stx2c stx1a 8.24 (6.53–10.40) 7.89 (6.23–9.97) <0.001
stx2c Referent 1.00 Referent
stx2a 6.5 (5.10–8.28) 7.04 (5.51–9.00) <0.001
stx2a stx2c 9.38 (7.38–11.91) 10.12 (7.94–12.90) <0.001
stx1a 5.58 (2.69–11.58) 5.44 (2.61–11.36) <0.001
stx2a stx1a 17.83 (8.48–37.51) 19.45 (9.20–41.16) <0.001
stx2a stx2c stx1a
16.98 (8.05–35.83)

17.38 (8.20–36.86)
<0.001
Age group
Adult Referent 1.00 Referent
Child
0.61 (0.3–0.70)

0.56 (0.48–0.66)
<0.001
Sex
M Referent 1.00 Referent
F 1.14 (0.99–1.31) 1.09 (0.93–1.27) 0.286

*Adjusted for all other covariates in the model.

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