Table 3 Blockwise addition of the variable ‘infected in the Amazon´ to a multivariable model of health-seeking delay ≥ one month in 244 confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Ecuador

Overall significance

< 0.01

< 0.01

Nagelkerke R²

27.3%

28.1%

Percentage correctly classified

63.9%

74.6%

Variable

Odds ratios (95% CI)

Odds ratios (95% CI)

Age in years

1.02 (1.00-1.03)

1.01 (1.00-1.03)

Male gender

0.83 (0.46–1.51)

0.80 (0.44–1.47)

Amerindian ethnicity

1.85 (0.87–3.92)

1.00 (0.30–3.32)

Altitude of place of infection in hectometers

0.77 (0.69–0.85)

0.76 (0.69–0.85)

Number of lesions

1.26 (0.94–1.68)

1.26 (0.93–1.70)

Lesion location: Head and neck

0.44 (0.22–0.90)

0.47 (0.23–0.95)

Infected in the Amazon

2.04 (0.70–5.92)

0.18