Table 6

Coefficients and goodness of fit of a logistic binary model predicting the probability of high-risk schools for urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, on the basis of observed data of disease and environmental variables: Variables in the equation.

Variable
B
SE
Wald
df
Sig.
Exp (B)
95% C.I. for Exp (B)









Model 2






Lower
Upper

LST
-0.478
0.227
4.441
1
0.035
0.620
0.397
0.967
Rainfall
-0.006
0.002
16.318
1
0.0005
0.994
0.991
0.997
Soiltype


11.706
3
0.008



Soiltype (1)
0.539
0.493
1.196
1
0.274
1.714
0.653
4.503
Soiltype (2)
0.133
0.451
0.086
1
0.769
1.142
0.472
2.765
Soiltype (3)
1.386
0.523
7.015
1
0.008
3.998
1.434
11.151
Constant
20.593
8.254
6.225
1
0.013
8.8 × 108



*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