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Coefficients and goodness of fit of a logistic binary model predicting presence and absence of urinary schistosomiasis in different schools of Ogun State, on the basis of observed data of disease and environmental variables: Variables remaining in the equation |
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| Variable |
B |
SE |
Wald |
df |
Sig. |
Exp (B) |
95% C.I. for Exp (B) |
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| Model 1 |
Lower |
Upper |
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| LST |
0.308 |
0.124 |
6.209 |
1 |
0.013 |
1.361 |
1.068 |
1.734 |
| Constant |
-7.766 |
3.659 |
4.505 |
1 |
0.034 |
- |
- |
- |
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*df = degree of freedom; SE = standard error; Sig = significance; B = regression coefficient; Exp(B) = odd ratio. Note: Table shows final Model after forward stepwise elimination of non-significant variables. | ||||||||
Ekpo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:74 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-74 |
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