Volume 15, Number 4—April 2009
THEME ISSUE
The Amazon Region
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Acute Conjunctivitis with Episcleritis and Anterior Uveitis Linked to Adiaspiromycosis and Freshwater Sponges, Amazon Region, Brazil, 2005
Marcia O. Mendes
, Mario A.P. Moraes, Ernesto I.M. Renoiner, Marta H.P. Dantas, Tatiania M. Lanzieri, Carlos F. Fonseca, Expedito J.A. Luna, and Douglas L. Hatch
, Mario A.P. Moraes, Ernesto I.M. Renoiner, Marta H.P. Dantas, Tatiania M. Lanzieri, Carlos F. Fonseca, Expedito J.A. Luna, and Douglas L. Hatch
Table 3
Results of univariate analysis of case–control study on relationship between frequency of exposure to Araguaia River and odds of confirmed ocular disease, Araguatins, Brazil, 2005*
| Frequency | No. (%) case-patients exposed, n = 62 | Household control group, n = 178 |
Community control group, n = 186 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) exposed | OR† | No. (%) exposed | OR‡ | |||
| Weekly | 25 (40) | 20 (11) | 6.9 | 13 (7) | 10.8 | |
| Once every 2 weeks | 4 (7) | 5 (3) | 4.4 | 7 (4) | 3.2 | |
| Vacations | 25 (40) | 109 (61) | 1.3 | 121 (65) | 1.2 | |
| Rarely§ | 8 (13) | 44 (25) | 1.0 | 45 (24) | 1.0 | |
*OR, odds ratio.
†χ2 test for trend 25.7; p<0.0001.
‡χ2 test for trend 35.3; p<0.0001.
§Fewer than 3×/year.
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