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. 2020 Nov 24;20:881. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05611-5

Table 2.

Sociodemographic factors of seropositive participants for chikungunya, flavivírus and probable dengue from seroepidemiological research in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil, 2018

Variables (N°) N Positive Chikungunya patients Positive Flavivirus patients Probable Dengue Cases
N + Crude PR
(95% CI)
PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group N + Crude RP
(95% IC)
PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group N + Crude RP
(95% IC)
PR (95% CI) Adjusted by age group
Gender (404)
 Male 128 68 1.12 (0.75–1.58) 120 0.97 (0.92–1.03) 46 1.07 (0.81–1.41)
 Female 276 35 1.00 253 1.00 107 1.00
Age group in years (404)
 4–19 44 09 1.00 33 1.00 21 1.00
 20–45 177 41 1.13 (0.59–2.15) 161 1.21 (1.01–1.44) ** 68 1.24 (0.86–1.78)
 46–60 69 15 1.06 (0.63–2.21) 68 1.14 (0.94–1.39) 27 1.21 (0.79–1.86)
  > 60 114 38 1.62 (0.86–3.08) 111 1.29 (1.09–1.54) ** 37 1.47 (0.97–2.20)
Educational level (404)
 Illiterate 234 65 1.85 (0.63–5.36) 217 1.03 (0.88–1.19) 73 1.92 (1.28–2.88)**
 Elementary School 38 10 1.75 (0.54–5.65) 36 1.05 (0.89–1.24) 13 1.75 (0.99–3.09)
 High School 112 25 1.48 (0.49–4.46) 102 1.01 (0.86–1.18) 55 1.22 (0.81–1.83)
 University graduate 20 3 1.00 18 1.00 12 1.00
Occupation/work (404)
 Retired 97 31 1.17 (0.54–2.55) 93 1.19 (1.01–1.41) 26 1.07 (0.69–1.65)
 Informal work 83 19 1.64 (0.79–3.39) 54 1.19 (1.01–1.41) 23 2.20 (1.29–3.42)**
 Unemployed 67 18 1.38 (0.63–2.99) 79 1.18 (0.99–1.39) 30 1.38 (0.89–2.13)
 Housewife 65 15 1.18 (0.53–2.63) 61 1.16 (0.98–1.38) 26 1.25 (0.80–1.94)
 Permanent job 56 13 1.19 (0.52–2.70) 57 1.05 (0.87–1.27) 30 1.11 (0.73–1.70)
 Student 36 07 1.00 29 1.00 18 1.00
Family income (404) £
  < 954 188 50 1.59 (0.26–9.70) 175 1.11 (0.77–1.60) 68 1.08 (0.34–3.41)
 Mid 954 and 1999 119 31 1.56 (0.25–9.46) 108 1.08 (0.75–1.56) 42 1.05 (0.33–3.36)
 Mid 2000 and 4599 85 19 1.34 (0.21–8.38) 80 1.12 (0.78–1.62) 38 1.34 (0.42–4.26)
  ≥ 5000 06 01 1.00 05 1.00 02 1.00
Self-reported arbovirus
 CHIKV 92 64 5.05 (3.70–6.89)** 4.99 (3.64–6.84)** 88 1.03 (0.94–1.14) 27 1.21 (0.75–1.95)
 DENV 112 29 1.01 (0.70–1.46) 2.37 (1.32–4.25)** 108 1.06 (1.00–1.11) 1.05 (1.01–1.11)* 47 1.15 (0.88–1.50)
 ZIKV 22 10 1.85 (1.13–3.03)* 21 1.04 (0.99–1.10) 10 0.79 (0.56–1.10)
Underlying diseases
 Hypertension 104 32 1.33 (0.92–1.93) 102 1.09 (1.04–1.15)** 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 28 1.70 (1.20–2.40)** 1.05 (1.02–1.07)**
 Diabetes 50 15 1.26 (0.78–2.03) 50 1.11 (1.06–1.15)** 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 17 1.27 (0.84–1.92) 0.83 (0.55–1.27)
 High Cholesterol 47 15 1.28 (0.81–2.00) 47 1.09 (1.06–1.13)* 1.04 (1.01–1.07)** 14 0.76 (0.48–1.20) 0.82 (0.51–1.32)
 Anxiety 20 7 1.39 (0.74–2.59) 20 1.08 (1.05–1.12)* 1.06 (1.02–1.09)** 08 1.05 (0.61–1.83) 1.10 (0.62–1.95)
 Asthma 8 5 2.51 (1.43–4.41)** 2.33 (1.31–4.11)** 7 1.08 (1.05–1.10) 7 1.08 (1.05–1.10)
 Artrhitis 18 9 2.04 (1.24–3.34)** 1.78 (1.05–3.00)** 8 1.08 (1.04–1.11) 8 1.08 (1.04–1.11)
Care of standing water and garbage (404) 242 55 0.76 (0.54–1.06) 224 1.00 (0.94–1.06) 103 1.37 (1.04–1.81)** 0.90 (0.85–0.95)**

Subtitle: N total number. N+ number of positive pacients. PR Prevalence ratio. *0.01 < p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01