Table 3.
Multiple logistic regression of factors associated with non-compliance of Rabies PEV among dog bite patients in Perlis (n = 507)
| Variable | B | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
Wald Statistic (df) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Others | 1 | |||
| Siamese | 0.69 | 2.00 (1.06, 3.76) | 4.64 (1) | 0.031 |
| Chinese | 0.46 | 1.58 (0.91, 2.74) | 2.63 (1) | 0.105 |
| Year of exposure | ||||
| 1st year of the outbreak | 1 | |||
| 2nd year of the outbreak | 0.59 | 1.80 (0.54, 6.00) | 0.92 (1) | 0.337 |
| 3rd year of the outbreak | − 1.32 | 0.27 (0.12, 0.59) | 10.82 (1) | 0.001 |
| 4th year of the outbreak | – 1.43 | 0.24 (0.11, 0.52) | 13.00 (1) | < 0.001 |
| 5th year of the outbreak | − 1.63 | 0.20 (0.09, 0.44) | 16.18 (1) | < 0.001 |
The backward method was applied
No multicollinearity and interaction
Hosmer Lemeshow test, p value: 0.397
Classification table correctly classified: 80.5%
The area under Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC): 0.703