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Table 2 Association of HAT infection with sociodemographic characteristics

From: Risk factors and prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in individuals living in remote areas of the republic of Congo

Socio-demographic characteristic

HAT status

Statistical test

(p-value)

Univariate logistic regression

Negative, n (%)

Positive, n (%)

OR

95% CI

p-value

Districts

 Loukolela

3350 (99.97)

1 (0.03)

0.00011

1.0

 

 Mindouli

1941 (99.2)

15 (0.8)

25.9

5.2–468

0.0016

 Mossaka

981 (100)

0 (0)

0.0

 

0.9885

 Mpouya

2259 (99.6)

9 (0.4)

13.3

2.5–246

0.0140

Age groups (years)

 [0–11]

2890 (99.9)

2 (0.1)

0.00122

1.0

 

 [12–14]

1507 (99.9)

2 (0.1)

1.9

0.2–16.0

0.5152

 [≥15]

4124 (99.5)

21 (0.5)

7.4

2.2–46.0

0.0070

Gender

 male

4504 (99.8)

10 (0.2)

0.19781

1.0

 

 female

4014 (99.6)

15 (0.4)

1.7

0.8–3.9

0.2028

School level

 Primary

2085 (99.9)

2 (0.1)

0.0031

1.0

 

 Unschooled

4466 (99.5)

22 (0.5)

5.1

1.2–21.9

0.0268

 Secondary

1199 (100)

0 (0)

0.3

0.0–7.2

0.4954

Marital status

 single

1878 (99.8)

3 (0.2)

0.04442

1.0

 

 Divorcee

19 (100)

0 (0)

13.8

0.7–275.5

0.0864

 As a couple or married

3387 (99.5)

18 (0.5)

3.3

1.0–11.3

0.0542

 Widower

21 (100)

0 (0)

12.5

0.6–249

0.0984

Profession

 Fisher (man) woman

2211 (99.6)

8 (0.4)

0.00042

1.0

 

 Farmer

2097 (99.3)

14 (0.7)

1.9

0.8–4.6

0.1679

 Student

2108 (100)

0 (0)

0.0

 

0.9871

 Teacher

4 (100)

0 (0)

0.0

 

0.9994

  1. n (%) number of individuals (percentage of individuals), OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. 1Pearson’s Chi-squared test
  3. 2Fisher’s exact test