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Table 2 Factors affecting carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Southern Ethiopia prior to implementation of MenAfriVac, a conjugate vaccine

  

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria lactamica

Covariate

Estimate

95 % CI

P

Estimate

95 % CI

P

Sexa

0.06

(−0.13, 0.25)

0.536

0.04

(−0.06, 0.15)

0.439

Kebeleb

A

B

−0.41

(−0.68, −0.14)

0.001

0.37

(0.20, 0.53)

<0.001

C

0.28

(0.03, 0.52)

0.028

0.42

(0.25, 0.60)

<0.001

D

−0.95

(−0.60, −1.30)

<0.001

1.01

(0.84, 1.19)

<0.001

Smooth term age

edfc

X 2

P

edf

X 2

P

f(Age)

2.31

14.78

0.002

3.54

178

<0.001

Goodness of fit

R2

Deviance explained

 

R2

Deviance explained

 

0.27

29.2 %

 

0.64

59.6 %

 
  1. aMale used as reference
  2. bKebele A used as reference
  3. cEstimated degrees of freedom
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