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Table 4 Logistic regression models adjusting for age and gender using norovirus positive findings in health care worker faeces as dependent variable

From: Risk factors for norovirus infection in healthcare workers during nosocomial outbreaks: a cross-sectional study

Independent variable

Odds ratio, OR

95% confidence interval

P-value

Visible faeces or vomit at the ward

2.90

0.90–12.53

0.11

Worked in different wards

1.67

0.55–4.73

0.35

Worked in an overcrowded ward

1.22

0.46–3.19

0.69

Worked with cohort care

4.6

1.71–13.24

0.004

Worked with other care (not cohort)

3.4

1.31–9.56

0.015

Handled faeces or vomit

5.0

1.90–14.74

0.002

Assisted patients with toilet or showering

4.1

0.81–48.18

0.16

Current smoking

1.6

0.34–6.18

0.54

Diarrhea, loose stools or other gastrointestinal symptoms

15.1

4.86–59.94

0.0001

Worked in wards for patients with dementia

12.8

1.53–106.31

0.005

Worked as nurse

1.9

0.32–11.13

0.29