Table 2. Relative risks (RR) and respective 95% CI for the effect of interventions on the 18-month cumulative incidence of infection, using both intent-to-treat and per-protocol analyses.
Intent-to-treat analysis | ||||||
Intervention group | RRa | 95% CI | p-value | RRb | 95% CI | p-value |
Insecticide spraying | 0.76 | 0.54–1.05 | 0.094 | 0.86 | 0.63–1.16 | 0.310 |
Dog culling | 0.60 | 0.40–0.90 | 0.014 | 0.62 | 0.42–0.91 | 0.015 |
Dog culling+Insecticide spraying | 0.69 | 0.45–1.06 | 0.087 | 0.75 | 0.51–1.11 | 0.153 |
Control | 1.00 |
Crude.
Adjusted for sex, age, baseline prevalence of infection, years of living in the residence, presence of a chicken shed in the peridomestic environment, literacy of the household head and the presence of a kennel in the peridomestic environment.