Table 2 Seroprevalence towards PUUV in relation to smoking, education, farming and other occupations
Variable (Valid observations) | Subjects within each group | Seropositity for PUUV | Multiple logistic regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (% of study population) | n (%) | Odds ratio (OR) | 95 % CIa of OR | ||
Smoking (n = 1586) | No | 1411 (89.0 %) | 174 (12.3 %) | 1 | - |
Yes | 175 (11.0 %) | 36 (20.6 %) | 1.67 | 1.11 − 2.52 | |
Level of education (n = 1555) | Primary and secondary school | 1128 (70.5 %) | 169 (15 %) | 1 | - |
University education | 427 (39.5 %) | 45 (9.5 %) | 0.80 | 0.58 − 1.09 | |
Owner of farm/forest (n = 1600) | No | 1545 (96.6 %) | 194 (12.6 %) | 1 | - |
Yes | 55 (3.4 %) | 20 (36.4 %) | 2.44 | 1.30–4.59 | |
Occupation (n = 1410) | Office personnel | 268 (19.0 %) | 26 (9.7 %) | 1 | - |
Teaching, clergy, police, military | 207 (14.7 %) | 23 (11.1 %) | 1.25 | 0.66–2.37 | |
Healthcare workers | 238 (16.9 %) | 30 (13.7 %) | 1.53 | 0.86–2.72 | |
Construction, wood industry, plumbery | 73 (5.2 %) | 10 (13.7 %) | 1.42 | 0.61–3.30 | |
Engineers | 166 (11.8 %) | 25 (15.1 %) | 1.68 | 0.89–3.18 | |
Transportation, trade and service | 279 (19.8 %) | 36 (12.9 %) | 1.23 | 0.70–2.16 | |
Industry | 143 (10.1 %) | 26 (18.2 %) | 1.79 | 0.94–3.39 | |
Agricultural work | 36 (2.6 %) | 11 (30.6 %) | 2.47 | 0.99–6.15 | |