Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and practice relating to schistosomiasis in two subtypes of a mountainous region of the People’s Republic of China

Table 6 Association of selected KAP related variables with schistosomiasis seroprevalence, Eryuan County, 2011

Variables		Number		P-Value	AOR [95% CI]
Variables		Studied	Positive	P-Value	AOR [95% CI]
Village	Yongle	1956	293	<0.001	1
Village	Xinzhuang	778	58	<0.001	2.389 [1.7,3.4]
Did you graze cattle or sheep?	No	1631	180	0.34	0.77 [0.5,1.3]
	Occasionally*	1078	168	<0.001	0.27 [0.1,0.6]
	Frequently*	25	3	0.002	1
Come in contact with water from the field?	Yes	351	345	NS	NS
Come in contact with water from the field?	No	2383	2301	NS	NS
Left feces in open areas this year?	No	929	94	NS	NS
	Occasionally*	1768	252	NS
	Frequently*	37	5	NS
Dug vegetables or cut grass in the field?	No	604	56	0.003	1
	Occasionally*	849	110	0.361	1.179 [0.8,1.7]
	Frequently*	1275	184	0.002	1.671 [1.2,2.3]
What do you do with your livestock?	Fencing	2117	256	<0.001	1
	Free grazing	413	78	<0.001	1.820 [1.4,2.5]
	Unknown	204	17	0.231	0.724 [0.4,1.2]

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; NS = no significant.
*“Occasionally” means less than five times per week and “frequently” means more than five times per week.
Adjusted OR (adjusted odds ratio from multivariable logistic regression model) = when the effect of one factor on schistosomiasis prevalence is evaluated the analysis was adjusted for other remaining factors listed in the table.

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