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Table 2 Sociodemographic factors of seropositive participants for chikungunya, flavivírus and probable dengue from seroepidemiological research in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil, 2018

From: Seroprevalence, spatial dispersion and factors associated with flavivirus and chikungunya infection in a risk area: a population-based seroprevalence study in Brazil

Variables (N°)

N

Positive Chikungunya patients

Positive Flavivirus patients

Probable Dengue Cases

N +

Crude PR

(95% CI)

PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group

N +

Crude RP

(95% IC)

PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group

N +

Crude RP

(95% IC)

PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group

Gender (404)

 Male

128

68

1.12 (0.75–1.58)

–

120

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

–

46

1.07 (0.81–1.41)

–

 Female

276

35

1.00

–

253

1.00

–

107

1.00

–

Age group in years (404)

 4–19

44

09

1.00

–

33

1.00

–

21

1.00

–

 20–45

177

41

1.13 (0.59–2.15)

–

161

1.21 (1.01–1.44) **

–

68

1.24 (0.86–1.78)

–

 46–60

69

15

1.06 (0.63–2.21)

–

68

1.14 (0.94–1.39)

–

27

1.21 (0.79–1.86)

–

  > 60

114

38

1.62 (0.86–3.08)

–

111

1.29 (1.09–1.54) **

–

37

1.47 (0.97–2.20)

–

Educational level (404)

 Illiterate

234

65

1.85 (0.63–5.36)

–

217

1.03 (0.88–1.19)

–

73

1.92 (1.28–2.88)**

–

 Elementary School

38

10

1.75 (0.54–5.65)

–

36

1.05 (0.89–1.24)

–

13

1.75 (0.99–3.09)

–

 High School

112

25

1.48 (0.49–4.46)

–

102

1.01 (0.86–1.18)

–

55

1.22 (0.81–1.83)

–

 University graduate

20

3

1.00

–

18

1.00

–

12

1.00

–

Occupation/work (404)

 Retired

97

31

1.17 (0.54–2.55)

–

93

1.19 (1.01–1.41)

–

26

1.07 (0.69–1.65)

–

 Informal work

83

19

1.64 (0.79–3.39)

–

54

1.19 (1.01–1.41)

–

23

2.20 (1.29–3.42)**

–

 Unemployed

67

18

1.38 (0.63–2.99)

–

79

1.18 (0.99–1.39)

–

30

1.38 (0.89–2.13)

–

 Housewife

65

15

1.18 (0.53–2.63)

–

61

1.16 (0.98–1.38)

–

26

1.25 (0.80–1.94)

–

 Permanent job

56

13

1.19 (0.52–2.70)

–

57

1.05 (0.87–1.27)

–

30

1.11 (0.73–1.70)

–

 Student

36

07

1.00

–

29

1.00

–

18

1.00

–

Family income (404) £

  < 954

188

50

1.59 (0.26–9.70)

–

175

1.11 (0.77–1.60)

–

68

1.08 (0.34–3.41)

–

 Mid 954 and 1999

119

31

1.56 (0.25–9.46)

–

108

1.08 (0.75–1.56)

–

42

1.05 (0.33–3.36)

–

 Mid 2000 and 4599

85

19

1.34 (0.21–8.38)

–

80

1.12 (0.78–1.62)

–

38

1.34 (0.42–4.26)

–

  ≥ 5000

06

01

1.00

–

05

1.00

–

02

1.00

–

Self-reported arbovirus

 CHIKV

92

64

5.05 (3.70–6.89)**

4.99 (3.64–6.84)**

88

1.03 (0.94–1.14)

–

27

1.21 (0.75–1.95)

–

 DENV

112

29

1.01 (0.70–1.46)

2.37 (1.32–4.25)**

108

1.06 (1.00–1.11)

1.05 (1.01–1.11)*

47

1.15 (0.88–1.50)

–

 ZIKV

22

10

1.85 (1.13–3.03)*

–

21

1.04 (0.99–1.10)

–

10

0.79 (0.56–1.10)

–

Underlying diseases

 Hypertension

104

32

1.33 (0.92–1.93)

–

102

1.09 (1.04–1.15)**

1.00 (0.98–1.03)

28

1.70 (1.20–2.40)**

1.05 (1.02–1.07)**

 Diabetes

50

15

1.26 (0.78–2.03)

–

50

1.11 (1.06–1.15)**

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

17

1.27 (0.84–1.92)

0.83 (0.55–1.27)

 High Cholesterol

47

15

1.28 (0.81–2.00)

–

47

1.09 (1.06–1.13)*

1.04 (1.01–1.07)**

14

0.76 (0.48–1.20)

0.82 (0.51–1.32)

 Anxiety

20

7

1.39 (0.74–2.59)

–

20

1.08 (1.05–1.12)*

1.06 (1.02–1.09)**

08

1.05 (0.61–1.83)

1.10 (0.62–1.95)

 Asthma

8

5

2.51 (1.43–4.41)**

2.33 (1.31–4.11)**

7

1.08 (1.05–1.10)

–

7

1.08 (1.05–1.10)

–

 Artrhitis

18

9

2.04 (1.24–3.34)**

1.78 (1.05–3.00)**

8

1.08 (1.04–1.11)

–

8

1.08 (1.04–1.11)

–

Care of standing water and garbage (404)

242

55

0.76 (0.54–1.06)

–

224

1.00 (0.94–1.06)

–

103

1.37 (1.04–1.81)**

0.90 (0.85–0.95)**

  1. Subtitle: N total number. N+ number of positive pacients. PR Prevalence ratio. *0.01 < p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01