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. 2020 Oct 21;53:e20200335. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0335-2020

TABLE 2: Association of Schistosoma mansoni infection with work and leisure activities of individuals from the city of Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas. 2020.

Variables Frequency (%) Infection (%) PR (95%CI)
Use weirs, dams, and ponds water for personal hygiene or leisure
No 306 (88.2) 89 (29.1) 1
Yes 41 (11.8) 17 (41.5) 1.04 (0.63-1.73)
Use weirs, dams, and ponds water for washing clothes or cars, or bathing animals
No 233 (67.1) 66 (28.3) 1
Yes 114 (32.9) 40 (35.1) 0.87 (0.57-1.34)
Removing sand of weirs, dams, or ponds
No 327 (94.2) 103 (31.5) 1
Yes 20 (5.8) 3 (15.0) 0.35 (0.12-1.01)
Working in the field
No 202 (58.2) 55 (27.2) 1
Yes 145 (41.8) 51 (35.2) 0.89 (0.59-1.36)
Fetching water from weirs, dams, and ponds
No 276 (79.5) 81 (29.3) 1
Yes 71 (20.5) 25 (35.2) 1.04 (0.67-1.61)
Fishing in weirs, dams, and ponds
No 321 (92.5) 91 (28.3) 1
Yes 26 (7.5) 15 (57.7) 2.06 (1.34-3.16)
Crossing water of weirs, dams, and ponds
No 326 (93.9) 99 (30.4) 1
Yes 21 (6.1) 7 (33.3) 0.93 (0.50-1.70)
Degree contact with water of weirs, dams, and ponds
No contact 144 (41.5) 34 (23.6) 1
More Intense 102 (29.4) 39 (38.2) 1.87 (1.04-3.38)
Less Intense 101 (29.1) 33 (32.7) 1.38 (0.79-2.41)

Legend: PR (Prevalence Ratio).