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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Research

Risk Factors for Non-O157 Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections, United States

Ellyn P. Marder1Comments to Author , Zhaohui Cui, Beau B. Bruce, LaTonia Clay Richardson, Michelle M. Boyle, Paul R. Cieslak, Nicole Comstock, Sarah Lathrop, Katie Garman, Suzanne McGuire, Danyel Olson, Duc J. Vugia, Siri Wilson, Patricia M. Griffin, and Carlota Medus
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E.P. Marder, Z. Cui, B.B. Bruce, L. Clay Richardson, P.M. Griffin); Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (M.M. Boyle); Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (P.R. Cieslak); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (N. Comstock); University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (S. Lathrop); Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (K. Garman); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (S. McGuire); Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (D. Olson); California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (D.J. Vugia); Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta (S. Wilson); Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (C. Medus)

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Table 2

Demographic characteristics of case-patients with non-O157 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli infection and controls without international travel, FoodNet case–control study, United States, 2012–2015*

Characteristic Case-patients, n = 801 Controls, 
n = 2,433
Age, y median (IQR)
 18 (4–35)
 22 (6–39)
Sex
F 457/801 (57) 1,425/2,410 (59)
M
 344/801 (43)
 982/2,410 (41)
Race
White 667/739 (90) 2,016/2,310 (87)
Black 35/739 (5) 167/2,310 (7)
Asian
 15/739 (2)
 46/2,310 (2)
Ethnicity
Hispanic 133/789 (17) 236/2,399 (10)†

*Values are no. positive/no. for whom data were available (%) except as indicated. †p<0.05 compared with case-patients.

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1Current affiliation: Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.

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