Risk factors for some tropical diseases in an African country

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Table 3 Regression statistics

	Malaria		Typhoid		Chk Pox		Measles		Hepatitis B		Yellow Fever		UTI		Others		Tol	VIF
R²	0.491		0.366		0.647		0.023		0.033		0.037		0.465		0.286
Adjusted R²	0.487		0.362		0.644		0.016		0.026		0.030		0.461		0.281
	t	p	t	p	t	p	t	p	t	p	T	p	t	p	t	p
Lwsocec	7.9	0.00	0.2	0.00	−6.9	0.00	1.5	0.13	0.9	0.36	−2.8	0.01	−1.3	0.19	6.8	0.00	0.56	1.78
Immig	7.8	0.00	7.2	0.81	15.1	0.00	−1.2	0.23	−3.0	0.00	0.3	0.79	1.8	0.07	−10.6	0.00	0.64	1.57
Tropclim	19.9	0.00	−3.2	0.00	−6.5	0.00	−4.3	0.00	−3.6	0.00	−3.1	0.00	12.7	0.00	−4.5	0.00	0.82	1.22
Urbanzatn	1.1	0.28	3.4	0.00	−6.7	0.00	−1.7	0.09	−2.9	0.00	1.0	0.31	1.5	0.14	2.9	0.00	0.53	1.88
Strtvend	−10.0	0.00	10.7	0.00	6.8	0.00	−0.5	0.65	−3.7	0.00	7.9	0.00	−2.7	0.01	2.6	0.01	0.69	1.44
Swgcont	4.5	0.00	10.7	0.00	−10.1	0.00	0.0	0.98	2.7	0.01	−2.0	0.05	−10.9	0.00	3.6	0.00	0.46	2.17
Popershy	−0.6	0.55	−3.5	0.00	−2.4	0.01	−3.5	0.00	−0.3	0.76	0.0	0.99	23.6	0.00	0.4	0.67	0.48	2.09
Ovrcrwd	−5.2	0.00	3.1	0.00	5.6	0.00	2.3	0.02	2.1	0.03	1.1	0.26	−1.8	0.07	11.2	0.00	0.65	1.54
Hmlsness	0.3	0.75	7.6	0.00	−0.1	0.88	−0.3	0.79	−2.2	0.03	−0.2	0.83	−5.0	0.00	−3.2	0.00	0.57	1.74
Trendreg	11.0	0.00	−10.5	0.00	−7.3	0.00	−2.3	0.02	1.4	0.17	−0.9	0.38	−5.2	0.00	6.3	0.00	0.75	1.33
Sknpunproc	−3.2	0.00	0.3	0.00	3.6	0.00	− 0.5	0.65	4.0	0.00	−1.4	0.15	−3.3	0.00	− 10.0	0.00	0.83	1.21
Continfect	−19.9	0.00	−12.8	0.76	41.8	0.00	−0.8	0.41	1.3	0.21	−1.9	0.06	−4.3	0.00	10.2	0.00	0.66	1.52
Lowfliud	−12.4	0.00	6.2	0.00	2.8	0.01	0.1	0.93	1.2	0.24	−0.4	0.68	−2.6	0.01	0.8	0.45	0.18	5.57
Noncotund	−10.9	0.00	−3.6	0.00	−1.1	0.25	−0.3	0.79	−1.0	0.30	−1.8	0.07	8.6	0.00	−3.1	0.00	0.66	1.52
Lackvoid	12.1	0.00	−8.1	0.00	−0.9	0.39	−0.2	0.86	−0.9	0.34	−0.1	0.89	10.9	0.00	−2.8	0.00	0.20	5.02

Key: low socioeconomic status (Lwsocec), immigration (Immig), tropical climate (Tropclim), urbanization - newcomers (Urbanzatn), street vendor (Strtvend), sewage contamination (Swgcont), poor personal hygiene (Popershy), overcrowding (Ovrcrwd), homelessness (Hmlsness), travel to endemic region (Trendreg), skin puncture procedure (Sknpunproc), direct contact with infected persons (Continfect), low fluid intake (Lowfliud), non-cotton underwear (Noncotund), and lack of voiding (Lackvoid)

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