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Table 4 The adjusted abundance ratio (AR) or adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the four final models.

From: Predictors for presence and abundance of small mammals in households of villages endemic for commensal rodent plague in Yunnan Province, China

 

Total small mammals captures

R. flavipectus captures

S. murinus captures

Small mammal presence

Variable

AR (95%CI)

P value*

AR (95%CI)

P value*

AR (95%CI)

P value*

OR (95%CI)

P value*

Ethnic group

 

0.014

 

0.008

    

   Han and other

Ref **

 

Ref

     

   Dai

1.71

(1.10–2.66)

 

1.90

(1.15–3.14)

     

Type of food storage

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

0.008

  

   Sack

Refab

 

Refab

 

Refa

   

   Metal drum

2.31c

(1.40–3.80)

 

1.92c

(1.12–3.31)

 

8.46b

(1.71–41.89)

   

   Wood drum

1.39b

(0.90–2.15)

 

1.20bc

(0.76–1.91)

 

4.50ab

(0.96–21.21)

   

   Other

0.85a

(0.55–1.30)

 

0.58a

(0.36–0.94)

 

6.48b

(1.50–28.05)

   

Keeping cat***

 

0.002

 

0.002

   

<0.001

   No cat

Refa

 

Refa

   

Refa

 

   Sleep in house

0.63b

(0.45–0.88)

 

0.62b

(0.43–0.90)

   

0.41b

(0.26–0.65)

 

   Not sleep in house

0.41b

(0.21–0.83)

 

0.31b

(0.13–0.72)

   

0.20b (0.10–0.41)

 

Keeping dog

 

0.029

 

0.002

    

   No

Ref

 

Ref

     

   Yes

1.42

(1.04–1.95)

 

1.76

(1.24–2.50)

     

Keeping duck

       

0.037

   No

      

Ref

 

   Yes

      

2.73

(1.01–7.37)

 

Surroundings – house

 

0.002

 

0.010

   

0.011

   No

Ref

 

Ref

   

Ref

 

   Yes

2.33

(1.29–4.23)

 

2.12

(1.13–3.96)

   

0.46

(0.25–0.85)

 

Vegetable grown near house

        

   No

    

Ref

   

   Yes

    

0.27

(0.12–0.61)

   

Maize grown in village

 

0.025

 

0.017

    

   No

Ref

 

Ref

     

   Yes

0.61

(0.40–0.93)

 

0.55

(0.34–0.88)

     

Rubbish dump near house

 

0.006

 

0.011

    

   No

Ref

 

Ref

     

   Yes

0.64

(0.46–0.88)

 

0.63

(0.43–0.90)

     

Location of toilet

 

0.016

 

0.041

    

   No toilet

Refa

 

Refa

     

   Inside house

1.17a

(0.67–2.05)

 

1.19ab

(0.63–2.22)

     

   Outside house

0.60b

(0.40–0.89)

 

0.61b

(0.39–0.94)

     

Communal latrine in village

 

0.016

 

< 0.001

    

   No

Ref

 

Ref

     

   Yes

1.53

(1.07–2.18)

 

2.10

(1.37–3.23)

     
  1. * P value from likelihood ratio test in multilevel model.
  2. ** Reference category.
  3. *** Adjusted for missing values.
  4. abc AR or OR not having a superscript in common within a variable and model are significantly different at p < 0.05 from Wald's test.