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. 2019 Dec 16;13(12):e0007430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007430

Table 2. Generalized linear model (logit link function) of human seropositivity for T. cruzi infection for the total population (model 1) and children (model 2), Pampa del Indio, Argentina.

Model 1: population model Model 2: children
Variable RI POR (CI95) P Variable RI POR (CI95) P
Age (years) 1 1.07 (1.06–1.08) <0.001** Age (years) 1 1.1 (1.04–1.3) 0.008*
Infected vector abundance (1) 1 1.6 (1.2–2.3) 0.003* Infected vector abundance (1) 1 2.2 (1.001–4.8) 0.04*
Social vulnerability (2) 1 1.5 (1.2–1.8) <0.001** Social vulnerability (2) 0.9 1.3 (0.8–2.1) 0.2
Interaction (1) * (2) 1 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 0.01* Interaction (1) * (2) 0.9 0.5 (0.2–0.98) 0.04*
Host availability 1 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 0.003* Host availability 0.9 0.5 (0.2–0.9) 0.02*
Number of seropositive co-inhabitants 1 1.4 (1.3–1.6) <0.001** Seropositive mother 0.9
Ethnic group 0.9 No 1
Creole 1 Yes 3.8 (1.4–11) 0.009*
Qom 2.3 (1.1–4.6) 0.02* Gender 0.7
Gender 0.4 Male 1
Male 1 Female 2 (0.96–4.1) 0.06~
Female 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.2 Number of seropositive co-inhabitants 0.6 1.3 (0.96–1.9) 0.08~
Recent insecticide spraying (2006–2008) 0.5
No 1
Yes 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 0.2
Ethnic group 0.3
Creole 1
Qom 1.4 (0.2–12.5) 0.7

** p < 0.001;

* 0.001 ≤ p ≤ 0.05;

~ 0.5 < p <1

POR: Prevalence odds ratio; RI: relative importance of the variable; CI95: 95% confidence interval