Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression model assessing risk factors for epilepsy.

Parameter	Estimate	95% CI		p-Value
Intercept	0.006	0.002	0.018	<0.001
Age (years)	1.291	1.194	1.397	<0.001
Age × age (years)	0.995	0.993	0.997	<0.001
Male vs. female	1.239	1.065	1.441	0.006
Farming vs. no farming	0.996	0.832	1.192	0.963
Fishing vs. no fishing	0.409	0.079	2.112	0.286
Employee vs. non-employee	1.212	0.377	3.893	0.747
Cattle keeping vs. no cattle in the households	0.744	0.297	1.863	0.528
Skin itching vs. no itching	1.308	1.102	1.552	0.002
Blindness	2.031	1.280	3.222	0.003
Recent ivermectin vs. no ivermectin intake	1.112	0.916	1.349	0.283
Distance to the river (kilometer)	0.986	0.978	0.993	0.001

CI: confidence limits; age × age: quadratic effect of age to account for non-linear relationship with age and logit of living with epilepsy.