Natural log of IgM serum antibody titers against Campylobacter among Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases and patient-controls and among cases and controls reporting diarrhea or excreting Campylobacter, the Arab Republic of Egypt, April 2001 through September 2003.

<p>Natural log of IgM serum antibody titers against Campylobacter among Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases and patient-controls and among cases and controls reporting diarrhea or excreting Campylobacter, the Arab Republic of Egypt, April 2001 through September 2003.</p

Percent of each Penner and Lior (Penner:Lior) <i>Campylobacter</i> serogroup isolated from Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases and patient-controls, the Arab Republic of Egypt, April 2001 through September 2003.

a<p>One case specimen and two controls specimens were not serotyped.</p>b<p>Fisher's exact test.</p>c<p>Subscript “J” = <i>C jejuni</i> and subscript “C” = <i>C coli</i>.</p

Odds of having IgM serum antibodies against GMI, GM2, GD1a, GD1b, and GT1b gangliosides in Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases and patient-controls for all cases and controls, for patients reporting diarrhea, and for patients excreting <i>Campylobacter</i>, the Arab Republic of Egypt, April 2001 through September 2003.

a<p>Conditional logistic regression controlling for age, gender, ownership of farm animals, and ownership of luxury items.</p>b<p>Unconditional logistic regression controlling for age, gender, livestock ownership, and possession of luxury items.</p>c<p>Unconditional logistic regression controlling for possession of luxury items. Other variable were excluded because of sparse data.</p>d<p>Odds Ratio (95% CI).</p>e<p><.0001.</p>f<p>P = 0.047.</p>g<p>P = .004.</p>h<p>P = 0.04.</p>i<p>P = 0.006.</p>j<p>P = .007.</p

Characteristics of cases and controls enrolled in study of <i>Campylobacter</i> infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, the Arab Republic of Egypt, April 2001 through September 2003.

a<p>Median (interquartile range).</p>b<p>Patients were matched to controls for age (±2 years) and hospital for all cases and controls; matching was incomplete when analyzing subgroups (e.g., Cases and controls with diarrhea).</p>c<p>P = .002; Odds Ratio = 1.86 (95% CI: 1.25 to 2.78), univariate unconditional logistic regression.</p>d<p>Owned three or more luxury items (e.g., cell phone, car).</p>e<p>P = .04; Odd Ratio = 0.10 (95% CI: 0.01 to 0.93), univariate unconditional logistic regression.</p