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. 2010 Jul 27;4(7):e763. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000763

Table 3. RVFV-IgG prevalence risk analysis for age, gender, ecosystem, occupation.

Mean or frequency in positive samples Mean or frequency in negative samples p-value OR p-value (Chi-Square or T test)
Gender
Male 60.69% 46.74% 0.00032 1.75 [1.25,2.46] 0.00089
Female 39.31% 53.28% 0.00035 0.57 [0.41,0.80] 0.00089
Age 50.68% 46.85% 0.0005 0.0006
[15–33[ 11.03% 20.31% 0.0024 0.49 [0.29, 0.83] 0.0058
[33–44[ 20.68% 19.69% 0.37 1.04 [0.69 , 1.57] 0.75
[44–54[ 18.62% 20.91% 0.24 0.87 [0.57 , 1.34] 0.52
[54–61[ 24.13% 22.20% 0.28 1.11 [0.76 , 1.64] 0.56
[61–90] 25.52% 17.18% 0.0029 1.69 [1.16 , 2.48] 0.0082
Ecosystem
Forest 65.5% 77.0% 0.0004 0.57 [0.40, 0.80] 0.0013
Lakes 26.2% 10.1% <0.00001 3.20 [2.18 , 4.70] <0.00001
Savanna 8.3% 12.9% 0.05 0.60 [0.33 , 1.09] 0.10
Occupation
Farmer 72.41% 69.73% 0.23 1.12 [0.78 , 1.59] 0.50
Hunter 13.10% 9.97% 0.10 1.36 [0.83 , 2.23] 0.21
Others 14.48% 20.26% 0.04 0.67 [0.42 , 1.07] 0.09

Confident Intervals of Odd-Ratios correspond to 5% risk.