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. 2011 Nov 28;108(50):20084–20089. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1106784108

Table 2.

Associations with prevalence of schistosomiasis in children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali, estimated using the best-fitting geostatistical models considering estimation uncertainty of sanitary indicators at parasitological survey locations

S. hematobium, S. mansoni,
Variable odds ratio (95% CrI) odds ratio (95% CrI)
Female vs. male 0.75 (0.70, 0.80) 0.63 (0.52, 0.76)
Age 10–19 vs. 5–9 y 1.48 (1.35, 1.62) 1.55 (1.28, 1.86)
DPWB 0.23 (0.18, 0.48) 0.01 (0.0003, 0.46)
LST 0.97 (0.53, 1.70) 34.81 (0.84, 1248.88)
NDVI 0.69 (0.47, 0.96) 0.91 (0.50,1.77)
Natural floor vs. other floor type 1.43 (0.29, 8.17) 1.31 (0.17, 34.12)
No piped water vs. with piped water 4.18 (1.22, 17.81) 2.16 (0.06, 57.97)
No toilet facility vs. with toilet 0.39 (0.09, 1.58) 0.05 (0.003, 0.70)
φ, rate of decay of spatial correlation 2.60 (1.86, 3.53) 2.98 (1.26, 8.29)
σ2, variance of spatial random effect 5.20 (3.97, 7.82) 13.37 (8.14, 21.87)

CrI, credible interval; DPWB, distance to perennial water body; LST, land surface temperature; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index.