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Table 2 One-year prevalence rates (per 1000 patients) and odds ratios of the general practitioners’ patients populations in regions with high and low CAFO density, 2009

From: Doctor-diagnosed health problems in a region with a high density of concentrated animal feeding operations: a cross-sectional study

Diagnosis

High CAFO density region

Low CAFO density regionsa

OR (95 % CI)b

Other infectious disease

3.32

1.71

1.95 (1.17-3.26)

Gastrointestinal infection

0.81

0.75

1.08 (0.65-1.80)

Gastroenteritis presumed infection

4.36

4.99

0.87 (0.62-1.22)

 Age group 0–4 yrs

44.72

54.22

0.82 (0.58-1.14)

 Age group 0–14 yrs

10.77

13.16

0.82 (0.58-1.15)

Chronic enteritis

3.29

2.47

1.33 (0.99-1.79)

Allergic conjunctivitis

3.64

4.59

0.79 (0.57-1.09)

Acute URI

27.59

28.41

0.97 (0.73-1.29)

 Age group 0–4 yrs

177.77

182.63

0.97 (0.73-1.29)

Sinusitis acute/chronic

25.56

37.14

0.68 (0.52-0.88)

Laryngitis/tracheitis acute

0.75

1.01

0.74 (0.40-1.39)

 Age group 0–4 yrs

11.57

16.42

0.70 (0.43-1.14)

Influenza

8.48

9.72

0.87 (0.53-1.42)

Pneumonia

5.58

3.93

1.42 (1.12-1.82)

Asthma

24.69

26.11

0.94 (0.73-1.22)

 Age group 0–4 yrs

28.49

21.80

1.32 (0.89-1.95)

 Age group 0–14 yrs

24.74

23.27

1.06 (0.81-1.41)

 Age group ≥ 65 yrs

19.25

20.49

0.94 (0.65-1.36)

Hay fever

30.21

37.25

0.81 (0.65-1.00)

COPD

3.09

3.12

0.99 (0.78-1.26)

 Age group ≥ 45 yrs

27.83

28.48

0.98 (0.77-1.24)

 Age group ≥ 60 yrs

51.54

53.55

0.96 (0.75-1.23)

Atopic eczema

7.75

5.68

1.37 (1.05-1.79)

 Age group 0–4 yrs

77.65

60.89

1.30 (1.02-1.65)

 Age group 0–14 yrs

25.79

21.22

1.22 (0.96-1.55)

  1. Note. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, URI upper respiratory infection, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. aReference group
  3. bAdjusted for age, gender, and registry duration