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Table 6 Significant model-based contrasts between the rate of CDI cases and year and season

From: Detection of Clostridium difficile infection clusters, using the temporal scan statistic, in a community hospital in southern Ontario, Canada, 2006–2011

Description

IRR

95% CI

P-value

2007 versus 2008

3.82

1.60 – 9.12

0.002

2007 versus 2009

3.15

1.39 – 7.08

0.006

2010 versus 2008

3.85

1.61 – 9.21

0.002

2010 versus 2009

3.17

1.42 – 7.08

0.005

Spring versus Winter

2.56

1.22 – 5.38

0.013

  1. CDI = Clostridium difficile infection.
  2. IRR = Incidence rate ratio.
  3. CI = Confidence interval.