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Table 1 Pearson χ2 test results for cryptosporidiosis cases in the Republic of Ireland, delineated by case type (sporadic, outbreak-related, travel), and age, gender and CSO classification

From: Spatiotemporal epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Ireland, 2008–2017: development of a space–time “cluster recurrence” index

  Sporadic Outbreak-related Travel-related
Total cases Odds Ratio χ2 Sig Total cases Odds Ratio χ2 Sig Total cases Odds Ratio χ2 Sig
Gender
 F 1735 (45.6) 0.72 15.47 < 0.001 224 (54.8) 1.41 10.64 0.001 157 (52.5) 1.27 3.71 0.054
 M 2066 (54.4) 1.38 185 (45.2) 0.71 142 (47.5) 0.78
Case age
 ≤ 5 Years 2325 (61.2) 1.51 25.5 < 0.001 166 (40.6) 0.99 0.007 0.932 181 (60.5) 0.41 53.08 < 0.001
 > 5 Years 1476 (38.8) 0.66 243 (59.4) 1.01 118 (39.5) 2.39
Classification
 Rural 2502 (65.8) 2.36 110.5 < 0.001 217 (53) 0.65 16.83 < 0.001 101 (33.8) 0.28   
 Urban 1299 (34.2) 0.42 192 (47) 1.54 198 (66.2) 3.57   
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