Table 4 Estimated odds ratios (ORs) of factors associated with the prevalence oflight and at least moderate intensity of infection obtained from hierarchical cumulative logit model adjusted for measurement errorfrom data collected on5624 people living in 50 villages of Samar Province, the Philippines, 2003–2004.
Variable | OR* (95% Bayesian credible interval) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Age group | |
Male | ≤ 10 years | Reference |
>10–16 years | 6.10 (3.86 – 9.28) | |
>16–40 years | 8.76 (6.03 – 12.47) | |
>40 years | 3.53 (2.37 – 5.15) | |
Female | ≤ 10 years | Reference |
>10–16 years | 8.59 (4.74 – 14.28) | |
>16–40 years | 5.98 (3.53 – 9.61) | |
>40 years | 3.46 (2.02 – 5.55) | |
Age group | Sex | |
≤ 10 years | Female | Reference |
Male | 2.31 (1.40 – 3.61) | |
>10–16 years | Female | Reference |
Male | 1.66 (1.01 – 2.61) | |
>16–40 years | Female | Reference |
Male | 3.39 (2.32 – 4.80) | |
>40 years | Female | Reference |
Male | 2.37 (1.54 – 3.58) | |
Occupation | ||
Works most of the time on a rice farm | Reference | |
Works sometimes on a rice farm | 1.32 (0.82 – 2.02) | |
Works on a farm but never on a rice farm | 0.42 (0.15 – 0.87) | |
Does not work on a farm | 0.55 (0.30 – 0.90) | |
Does not work on a rice farm, may work on another type of farm | 0.52 (0.37 – 0.72) | |
Irrigation | ||
Rain-fed | Reference | |
Irrigated | 1.41 (0.50 – 3.21) | |