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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 14;67(7):684–691. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.020

Table 3.

Relative Risks for GABHS infections

Relative
Risk for
Definite
GABHS
Infections		 95% CI Relative
Risk for
Definite +
possible
GABHS
Infections		 95% CI
All Cases/Controls 1.17 0.60, 2.28 1.01 0.60, 1.71
PANDAS/Controls 1.47 0.57, 3.8 1.13 0.51, 2.51
PANDAS/Non-PANDAS 1.38 0.53, 3.58 1.17 0.52, 2.62
Non-PANDAS/Controls 1.07 0.52, 2.22 0.97 0.55, 1.71

None of the Relative Risks above were statistically significant.

GABHS = group A beta hemolytic streptococci; PANDAS = pediatric autoimmune disorders associated with streptococcal infections. No significant differences were observed comparing the rates of infections