From: Human leptospirosis in The Federated States of Micronesia: a hospital-based febrile illness survey
Factors by category | Case frequency% (n) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Pvalue |
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Sex | |||
Male | 27.3 (33) | 3.6 (0.7–18.5) | 0.170 |
Age | |||
10–24 | 35.0 (20) | 4.0 (1.0–16.2) | 0.077 |
Occupation | |||
Other | 3.8 (26) | Reference | |
Farming | 27.3 (11) | 9.4 (0.9–103.3) | 0.067 |
Student | 41.2 (17) | 17.5 (1.9–161.1) | 0.012 |
Education Level | |||
Below secondary | 20.7 (29) | 1.0 (0.3–3.9) | 1.000 |
Water source*† | |||
Drinking from stream | 26.3 (19) | 1.7 (0.4–6.4) | 0.496 |
Bathing from stream | 22.7 (22) | 1.2 (0.3–4.7) | 1.000 |
Animals around home*† | |||
Pigs | 16.3 (43) | 0.3 (0.1–1.3) | 0.187 |
Dogs | 19.4 (36) | 0.8 (0.2–3.2) | 0.730 |
Rats | 20.0 (40) | 0.8 (0.2–3.8) | 1.000 |
Environment/behaviour* | |||
Walk through mud‡ | 26.2 (42) | Undefined | 0.096 |
Wound on legs or feet† | 40.0 (15) | 4.4 (1.1–17.8) | 0.056 |
Swim or stand in fresh water‡ | 35.0 (20) | 3.8 (0.9–15.2) | 0.081 |
Tend gardens or crops‡ | 31.2 (32) | 8.6 (1.0–73.8) | 0.035 |
Recent pig slaughter† | 16.7 (6) | 0.7 (0.8–7.1) | 1.000 |