Onchocerciasis in the Ntui Health District of Cameroon: epidemiological, entomological and parasitological findings in relation to elimination prospects

Table 4 Negative binomial Poisson regression analysis to investigate the factors associated with higher microfilarial load in infected participants

Covariates	Incidence risk ratio (95% confidence interval)	P-value
Age	0.987 (0.967–1.009)	0.181
Male gender	1.720 (0.751–3.904)	0.159
Having epilepsy	2.879 (1.187–7.979)	0.029*
No education	Reference
Primary education	0.214 (0.024–1.088)	0.085
Secondary education	0.109 (0.012–0.571)	0.016*
University education	0.045 (0.002–5.067)	0.078
Village: Essougli	Reference
Village: Nachtigal	2.400 (0.881–6.316)	0.069
Village: Ndjame	1.074 (0.370–3.257)	0.892
Village: Ndowe	0.597 (0.126–3.482)	0.511

Number of participants included in model after removal of missing values, n = 62
CI confidence interval
^*Statistically significant

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