Influence of socio-economic and other factors on rheumatic fever occurrence.
Conditional logistic regression analysis of case-control study data showed that the following factors were significantly related to rheumatic fever occurrence: home dampness, change of place of residence during the last 5 years, low education of mother, body weight below normal, frequent sore throat and positive family history of rheumatic fever.
Vlajinac
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Istitute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Beograd, Yugoslavia.
Adanja
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B
Marinković
J
J
Jarebinski
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M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology