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. 2007 Mar;13(3):419–425. doi: 10.3201/eid1303.060941

Table 3. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for logistic regression models* assessing self-reported West Nile virus preventative outcomes by identified risk factors, Larimer County West Nile Virus survey, Colorado, 2003.

Risk factors DEET
(n = 842), seldom/never use DEET Dress
(n = 507),
seldom/never wear long clothes Dusk to dawn,
weekdays
(n = 797),
>5 h outside from dusk to dawn Dusk to dawn,
weekends
(n = 795),
>2 h outside from dusk to dawn
City
   Fort Collins Referent Referent Referent Referent
   Loveland 1.39 (1.04–1.76) 1.02 (0.70–1.48) 1.35 (1.01–1.82) 1.30 (1.00–1.74)
Sex
   Female Referent Referent Referent Referent
   Male 0.92 (0.69–1.25) 1.36 (0.94–1.98) 0.97 (0.63–1.48) 1.20 (0.90–1.61)
Age, y
   18–44 Referent Referent Referent Referent
   ≥45 1.62 (1.21–2.18) 0.70 (0.48–1.01) 0.91 (0.67–1.22) 0.67 (0.51–0.89)
Education
   College† Referent Referent
   High school diploma or less 0.89 (0.58–1.38) 1.41 (0.99–1.98)
Income, US $
   >50,000 Referent Referent
   <25,000 0.79 (0.47–1.31) 0.65 (0.38–1.11)
   25,000–50,000 0.72 (0.47–1.08) 1.09 (0.69–1.72)
Risk perception
   Very worried Referent Referent Referent
   Somewhat worried 1.47 (0.92–2.36) 1.79 (0.88–3.61) 1.68 (1.07–2.65)
   Not worried 4.68 (2.90–7.51) 2.58 (1.25–5.28) 2.14 (1.31–3.51)
Interaction Referent
   Male <$25,000 4.36 (1.88–10.0)
   Male $25,000–50,000 1.39 (0.72–2.69)

*Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-fit is based on deciles of risk. p values >0.05 indicate good fit (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide [DEET], p = 0.67; dress, p = 0.68; dusk/dawn, weekdays, p = 0.97; dusk/dawn, weekends, p = 0.91).
†College: some college, college degree, some graduate school, or graduate degree.