Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Legionnaires’ Disease Incidence and Risk Factors, New York, New York, USA, 2002–2011
Andrea Farnham1
, Lisa Alleyne, Daniel Cimini, and Sharon Balter
, Lisa Alleyne, Daniel Cimini, and Sharon Balter
Table 1
Most common underlying medical conditions among Legionnaires’ disease case-patients, New York, New York, USA, 2002–2011*
| Condition | No. (%) case-patients | Relative risk (95% CI)† |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking history | 879 (60.7) | |
| COPD | 223 (15.4) | |
| Cancer |
215 (14.8) |
|
| Diabetes | ||
| Overall | 506 (34.9) | |
| By age group, y† | ||
| 18–24 | 1 (7.7) | 6.3 (0.95–41.10) |
| 25–44 | 31 (15.2) | 5.7 (4.1–7.9) |
| 45–64 | 208 (34.1) | 2.5 (2.2–2.8) |
| >65 | 264 (42.8) | 1.9 (1.7–2.0) |
*n = 1,449. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
†For case-patients with diabetes only. Population denominators for diabetes prevalence are from the American Community Survey. Relative risks for children age <18 y (2/5 case-patients <18 had diabetes) were not calculated because population denominators were not available for this age group.
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