Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

Veronica L Tallo, Hélène Carabin, Portia P Alday, Ernesto Jr Balolong, Remigio M Olveda, Stephen T McGarvey

Volume 86, Number 10, October 2008, 765-771

Table 3. Resuls of the Bayesian hierarchical logistic model

Variables Reference POR 95% BCI
Age in years
> 10–16 5–10 0.73 0.67–0.79
> 16–40 5–10 0.35 0.33–0.37
> 40 5–10 0.45 0.42–0.48
Gender
Male Female 1.05 1.00–1.10
STEP participation
Yes No 0.71 0.65–0.78
Parasitological exam for schistosomiasis
Positive No exam 10.29 8.47–12.57
Negative No exam 2.87 2.60–3.17
Barangay-level variables
Census (per increase of 100 inhabitants) 0.94 0.90–1.00
Community involvement
Fair Poor 1.63 0.68–3.94
Active Poor 2.16 0.98–4.87
Full Poor 2.60 1.11–5.92

Barangay, village; BCI, Bayesian credible interval; POR, prevalence odds ratio; STEP, Schistosomiasis Transmission and Ecology in the Philippines.