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- Title
Dietary intake and domestic food preparation and handling as risk factors for gastroenteritis: a case-control study.
- Authors
T. Z. MITAKAKIS; R. WOLFE; M. I. SINCLAIR; C. K. FAIRLEY; K. LEDER; M. E. HELLARD
- Abstract
Cases of gastroenteritis were examined to identify if dietary intake prior to an episode and food-handling and storage practices in the home were risk factors for illness. Cases and controls completed a dietary questionnaire after an event or when well, and questionnaires concerning food-handling, storage and general food-hygiene practices. Comparing cases to themselves when well, subjects were more likely to have eaten cold sliced salami, fried rice and foods cooked elsewhere, and to have had a baby in nappies in the house (OR 1·526·24, P0·01). Cases compared to non-cases were more likely to have bought frozen poultry, have eaten foods cooked elsewhere and to have had a baby in nappies in the house (OR 1·442·05, P0·01). Although food-handling and storage practices are considered important, we were unable to detect an association in this study.
- Subjects
GASTROENTERITIS; FOOD handling; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; DISEASE risk factors; DIET
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2004, Vol 132, Issue 4, p601
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0950268804002365