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Table 1 Daily attack rates and risk ratios of gastroenteritis among students having meals on high-risk stalls of the school canteen, September 1–5

From: A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Norovirus and Bacillus cereus at a university in the Shunyi District of Beijing, China 2018: a retrospective cohort study

Date

High-risk stalls

Exposed

Non-exposed

 

Total

Cases

AR%

Total

Cases

AR%

RR

95% CI

P

September 1

Drinks

299

13

4.3

777

10

1.3

3.4

1.5–7.8

0.002

Rice flour

48

6

12.5

1028

17

1.7

7.6

2.8–20.2

0.000

September 2

Rice flour

53

3

5.7

1826

26

1.4

4.0

1.2–13.6

0.046

Fish meal

81

5

6.2

1798

24

1.3

4.6

1.7–12.5

0.003

September 4

Muslim meal

152

9

5.9

3468

77

2.2

2.7

1.3–5.4

0.008

September 5

Barbeque

152

6

3.9

3059

41

1.3

3.0

1.2–7.0

0.023

  1. AR attack rate, RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval