Table 1. Demographic information of human participants (n = 455).
| Participants number and proportion (%) to sample size | Leptospira positive and percentage | Comparison of differences in seroprevalence between categories | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human participants | 455 | 72 (15.8) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 307 (67.5) | 55 (17.9) | Male and females (6.4%) 95% CI = -0.8658 to 12.6811 |
|
| Female | 148 (32.5) | 17 (11.5) | ||
| Age distribution | ||||
| 18–37 | 366 (80.4) | 53 (14.5) | 18–37 year old and 38–57 year old group (2.2%) 95% CI = -5.5629 to 12.5150 |
0.6206 |
| 38–57 | 78 (17.1) | 13 (16.7) | 18–37 year old and ≥58 year old (40.0%) 95% CI = 13.1776 to 64.4124 | 0.0003 |
| ≥58 | 11 (2.4) | 6 (54.5) | 38–57 year old and ≥58 year old (37.8%) 95% CI = 9.5238 to 62.8984 | 0.0044 |
| Occupation/category | ||||
| Fishing | 54 (11.9) | 8 (14.8) | Fishing and sugarcane cutters (3.6%) 95% CI = -8.8082 to 12.0938 |
0.5241 |
| Fishing and others-unexposed group (9.3%) 95% CI = -1.2424 to 21.5463 | 0.0777 | |||
| Sugarcane cutters | 315 (69.2) | 58 (18.4) | Sugarcane cutters and others-unexposed group (12.9%) 95% CI = 4.1963 to 18.6242 | 0.0068 |
| Hospitalized patients | 13 (2.9) | 2 (15.4) | Hospitalized and others–unexposed group (9.9%) 95% CI = -3.6319 to 36.9580 | 0.1999 |
| Others | 73 | 4 (5.5) | ||
| Hospital staff | 7 (1.5) | 1 (14.3) | Hospitalized and hospital staff (1.1%) 95% CI = -37.5454 to 30.4008 |
0.9490 |
| Security guards | 20 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Office cleaners | 15 (3.3) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Shopkeepers | 16 (3.5) | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Encampment Residents |
15 (3.3) | 1 (6.7) |