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. 2013 Apr 3;88(4):778–784. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0442

Table 2.

Factors analyzed as potential risk factors of VL in Rasulpur computed from census surveys (N = 239)

Factor Case households Non-case households OR (95% CI) P value
Sleeping on a bed 22 (22/22) 100 (100/100) * *
Thatch and/or mud as housing construction material 19 (19/22) 49 (49/100) 6.6 (1.8–23.7) 0.003
Ownership of zero livestock 1 (1/22) 30 (30/236) 0.3 (0.0–2.5) 0.433
Ownership of 1–3 livestock vs. zero 17 (17/22) 84 (84/236) 6.1 (0.8–47.6) 0.103
Ownership of 4+ livestock vs. zero 4 (4/22) 122‡ (122/236) 1.0 (0.1–9.1) 0.578
Sleeping outside 22 (22/22) 98 (98/100) 0.0 (0.0–§) 0.796
Ownership of (a) bovid(s) 19 (19/22) 160 (160/239) 0.3 (0.1–1.1) 0.102
*

OR could not be computed, because there were zero case households not sleeping on a bed and zero non-case households not sleeping on a bed.

Significantly increases the chances of contracting VL.

Calculated from Genesis Laboratories, Inc. Rasulpur village census survey in 2010.

§

95% CI cannot be calculated because of a zero in the data.