Table 3. Number of cases and controls with potential risk factors for KA, univariate Odds Ratios (OR) controlled for age, sex, village and adjusted OR obtained in final multivariate model.

	Cases	Controls	Univariate			Multivariate
	(n = 35)	(n = 139)	OR a	95% C.I.	p	OR b	95%CI	p
Contact with known endemic areas	9	40	0.73	0.27–1.87	0.524
VL case in family	15	26	3.21	1.26–8.23	0.014*
VL case in close d neighborhood	35	52	116 e	6.90–1915.42	0.000***
DAT-positive in family	20 c	47	2.36	0.96–5.89	0.061
Monthly income (per 1000 NRS)			1.11	1.09–1.22	0.035*
Occupation					0.421
Agriculture (ref)	4	19	1	-	-
Daily labour	7	12	2.72	0.58–14.27	0.211
House wife	8	24	2.09	0.46–11.34	0.357
Student	14	77	0.81	0.16–4.99	0.809
Other	2	7	-	-	-
House type					0.096
Thatched (ref)	11	52	1	-	-
Mud (Kaccha)	17	61	2.14	0.63–8.73	0.246
Semi-Pakka (Mixed cement)	6	14	5.59	1.17–29.31	0.033*
Wood	1	12	-	-	-
Sleeping on the ground	16	34	3.60	1.23–10.72	0.020*	5.65	1.12–30.43	0.035
Sleeping under bed net	6	33	0.60	0.19–1.71	0.369
Owning domestic animal(s)	29	104	0.60	0.55–1.09	0.274
Cow dung in front of house	21	42	4.01	1.72–9.65	0.001**	4.70	1.21–20.06	< 0.001
Vegetation around house	11	39	0.86	0.19–3.21	0.837
Contact with river	14	27	2.92	0.85–10.25	0.088
Distance house- river (per km)			0.06	0.002–0.53	0.010*	0.06	0.001–0.92	0.001

^aAdjusted for age, sex, village in separate logistic regression models.

^bAdjusted OR obtained in final multivariate conditional logistic regression model.

^cn = 34.

^dWithin 100 meter from house.

^eOR = positive infinity. Values shown were computed for 34,9999 exposed cases instead of 35.