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Table 3 Association of HAT infection with peasant activities, knowledge and information about HAT

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

Sociodemographic characteristic

HAT status

Statistical test

(p-value)

Univariate logistic regression

Negative

n (%)

Positive

n (%)

OR2

95% CI2

p-value

Practice of peasant activities

 No

4140 (99.9)

3 (0.1)

0.00031

1.0

 

 Yes

4384 (99.5)

22 (0.5)

6.9

2.4–29.3

0.0017

Regular practice of peasant activities

 Often (≤1/ week)

369 (99.7)

1 (0.3)

0.99992

1.0

 

 Always (>  2/week)

4045 (99.5)

21 (0.5)

1.9

0.4–34.4

0.5259

Knowledge about HAT

 No

5593 (99.7)

14 (0.3)

0.42741

1.0

 

 Yes

2938 (99.6)

11 (0.4)

1.5

0.7–3.3

0.3184

Communication action used on HAT

 Media

950 (99.9)

1 (0.1)

0.12741

1.0

 

 school

1 (100)

0 (0)

0.0

 

0.9968

 Missionary

2 (100)

0 (0)

0.0

 

0.9954

 Sensitisation

1985 (99.5)

10 (0.5)

4.8

0.9–8.8e+ 01

0.1358

  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