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. 2019 Nov 25;13(11):e0007488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007488

Table 3. Sanitation and contextual effects on presence of hookworm infection among 4,104 school-attending children in coastal Kenya.

Intercept-Only Crude Adjusted1
Fixed Effects POR (95% CI) POR (95% CI) POR (95% CI) 80% IOR
Household sanitation access
--

--

0.63

(0.51, 0.79)

0.76

(0.61, 0.95)

--
School sanitation coverage (per 100)
1.49–2.17 -- -- 0.89 (0.55, 1.42) 0.79 (0.51, 1.21) (0.14, 4.52)
2.18–3.13 -- -- 0.86 (0.54, 1.36) 0.64 (0.40, 0.98) (0.11, 3.66)
> 3.13 -- -- 0.58 (0.35, 0.98) 0.51 (0.31, 0.83) (0.09, 2.94)
Village sanitation coverage
0.26–0.54 -- -- 1.28 (0.89, 1.86) 1.40 (0.96, 2.08) (0.33, 6.06)
0.54–0.81 -- -- 1.52 (1.01, 2.29) 1.86 (1.22, 2.86) (0.43, 8.01)
> 0.81 -- -- 1.21 (0.75, 1.92) 1.40 (0.86, 2.34) (0.33, 6.06)
Contextual Effects
School
Variance 1.11 (0.92, 1.31) 1.12 (0.93, 1.32) 0.93 (0.74, 1.14) --
MOR 2.73 (2.50, 2.98) 2.74 (2.51, 2.99) 2.51 (2.27, 2.77) --
VPC 0.22 (0.20, 0.24) 0.22 (0.20, 0.24) 0.19 (0.17, 0.21) --
Village
Variance 0.60 (0.34, 0.83) 0.61 (0.34, 0.85) 0.65 (0.41, 0.89) --
MOR 2.09 (1.74, 2.38) 2.11 (1.74, 2.41) 2.16 (1.84, 2.46) --
VPC 0.12 (0.07, 0.15) 0.12 (0.07, 0.16) 0.13 (0.09, 0.17) --

POR = Prevalence Odds Ratio; CI = Credible Interval; MOR = Median Odds Ratio; IOR = Interval Odds Ratio; VPC = Variance Partition Coefficient

1Adjusted for age (centred at 9), being female, reported deworming in past year, observed shoe-wearing, household floor covered, village high soil sand content, village aridity index (scaled 100x), village urban/periurban/rural, school high soil sand content, school aridity index (scaled 100x), school urban/periurban/rural