Influence of socio-economic and other factors on rheumatic fever occurrence

✍ Scribed by H. Vlajinac; B. Adanja; J. Marinković; M. Jarebinski

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 226 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0393-2990
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00218687

✦ Synopsis

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.