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

TABLE 3: Association of Schistosoma mansoni infection with factors related to home and peridomicile in individuals from the city of Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas. 2020.

Variables Frequency (%) Infection (%) PR (95%CI)
Water supply
Public 245 (70.6) 75 (30.6) 1
Water well or cacimba-type well 102 (29.4) 31 (30.4) 0.92 (0.63-1.33)
Drinking water treatment
No 169 (48.7) 56 (33.1) 1
Yes 178 (51.3) 50 (28.1) 0.98 (0.71-1.35)
Destination of domestic sewage
Open air sewage 145 (41.8) 32 (22.1) 1
Public sewage system or latrine 202 (58.2) 74 (36.6) 1.76 (1.22-2.55)
Destination of garbage
Dumped in the surrounding or burned 45 (13.0) 8 (17.8) 1
Municipal public collection 302 (87.0) 98 (32.4) 1.79 (0.89-3.31)
Sanitary installation at home
No 11 (3.2) 4 (36.4) 1
Yes 336 (96.8) 102 (30.3) 0.90 (0.35-2.32)
Flooring in households
Masonry flooring 337 (97.1) 102 (30.3) 1
Wood 10 (2.9) 4 (40.0) 0.99 (0.39-2.52)
Number of people in the household
Up to 5 people 290 (83.6) 86 (29.6) 1
>5 people 57 (16.4) 20 (35.1) 2.03 (1.22-3.37)
Number of rooms in the household
>5 rooms 156 (45.0) 38 (24.5) 1
Up to 5 rooms 191 (55.0) 68 (35.6) 1.89 (1.2-2.79)
Ratio room per person
<1 room/person 59 (17.0) 17 (28.8) 1
>1 room/person 288 (83.0) 89 (30.9) 1.81 (1.10-2.97)
Paved street
No 192 (55.3) 56 (29.2) 1
Yes 155 (44.7) 50 (32.2) 1.12 (0.82-1.54)
Accumulation of water at home in the summer
No 304 (87.6) 89 (29.3) 1
Yes 43 (12.4) 17 (39.5) 1.07 (0.59-1.94)
Accumulation of water at home in the winter
No 270 (77.8) 78 (28.9) 1
Yes 77 (22.2) 28 (36.3) 1.04 (0.63-1.72)
Contact with water in the peridomicile during summer
No 286 (82.4) 81 (28.3) 1
Yes 61 (17.6) 25 (40.9) 1.61 (1.06-2.44)
Contact with water in the peridomicile during winter
No 196 (56.5) 57 (29.1) 1
Yes 151 (43.5) 49 (32.4) 1.08 (0.73-1.58)

Legend: PR (Prevalence Ratio).