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Table 6 Potential risk factors for asymptomatic Leishmania infection, according to logistic regression models to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratio values

From: Prevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania infection and knowledge, perceptions, and practices in blood donors in mainland Portugal

Potential risk factor

Univariate

Multivariate

% in Sample

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

P-value

Older than 25 years

85.6

1.88

1.13–3.12

1.79

1.07–2.97

0.026*

Male sex

49.9

1.85

1.39–2.50

1.75

1.30–2.38

 < 0.001*

Residing in Centro

20.4

1.37

0.99–1.91

1.43

1.02–2.00

0.039*

Had not heard of leishmaniasis

27.6

1.39

1.02–1.89

1.09

0.66–1.82

0.737

K score ≤ 7

50.7

1.39

1.04–1.85

1.14

0.68–1.89

0.621

Per score < 1

59.6

1.56

1.09–2.27

1.41

0.93–2.13

0.097

Constant

0.072

 

 < 0.001

Hosmer–Lemeshow test

Sig. = 0.936

  1. K knowledge, Per perceptions, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *Statistically significant