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. 2019 Jul 25;13(7):e0007538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007538

Table 2. Proportion of residents with serologic evidence of chikungunya virus infection from communities with (intervention) or without (non-intervention) autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGO traps) by demographic and behavioral characteristics, Puerto Rico, November 2015–February 2016.

Intervention Communities Non-intervention Communities PR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI)
N CHIKV+ Survey Participants,
n (row %)
Estimated
Proportion CHIKV+ in Community*
N CHIKV+ Survey Participants,
n (row %)
Estimated
Proportion CHIKV+ in Community*
Overall 175 44 (25.1) 26.1 152 70 (46.1) 43.8 0.60 (0.44–0.81) 0.50 (0.37–0.91)
Age group
 5–19 13 5 (38.5) 32.8 10 4 (40.0) 47.9 0.68 (0.47–0.99) 0.68 (0.48–0.97)
 20–49 50 15 (30.0) 27.0 34 13 (38.2) 39.7 0.68 (0.36–1.29) 0.54 (0.33–0.89)
 50+ 112 24 (21.4) 17.2 108 53 (49.1) 44.7 0.39 (0.25–0.59) 0.34 (0.22–0.55)
Sex
 Male 63 17 (27.0) 25.9 59 25 (42.4) 29.5 0.88 (0.53–1.46) 0.90 (0.55–1.48)
 Female 112 27 (24.1) 26.3 93 45 (48.4) 56.5 0.47 (0.32–0.68) 0.86 (0.52–1.43)
Weekly hours at home during daylight hours, median (range or 95% CI) 175 63 (14–84) 43.5 (39.0–55.8) 151 76 (0–84) 49.0 (44.5–56.0) 0.0015§
 1–24 14 5 (35.7) 40.6 10 4 (40.0) 40.4 1.01 (0.39–2.58) --
 25–60 69 26 (37.7) 31.3 52 21 (40.4) 40.7 0.77 (0.53–1.11) --
 61–84 92 13 (14.1) 10.3 89 45 (50.6) 48.7 0.21 (0.11–0.41) --
Frequency of use of mosquito repellent since May 2014
 Never 66 16 (24.2) 25.3 48 21 (43.8) 40.2 0.63 (0.36–1.10) 0.63 (0.36–1.09)
 Daily 15 5 (33.3) 33.3 31 14 (45.2) 53.9 0.62 (0.28–1.37) 0.84 (0.36–1.95)
 Occasionally 92 22 (23.9) 25.3 73 35 (47.9) 40.9 0.62 (0.34–1.11) 0.62 (0.35–1.10)

Abbreviations: CHIKV = chikungunya virus; PR = prevalence ratio; aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; -- = PR could not be adjusted for the indicated variable

*Estimates for the entire community based on survey responses by age group and sex.

Adjusted only by time spent at home during daylight hours

Adjusted by age, sex, and time spent at home during daylight hours

§Mood’s test for medians