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Table 4 Univariate analysis of demographics and environmental exposures

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

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

  1. *Each exposure is not mutually exclusive.
  2. Based on 53 responses.
  3. Based on 52 responses.