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Table 2 Relative risk estimates for water contact by month.

From: Using variable importance measures from causal inference to rank risk factors of schistosomiasis infection in a rural setting in China

Month

Prevalence

Relative Risk

95% CI

Std. error

p-value

June

0.75

1.03

(0.98, 1.09)

0.03

0.20

October

0.58

0.95

(0.89, 1.03)

0.04

0.22

May

0.75

1.04

(0.97, 1.13)

0.04

0.25

April

0.73

1.04

(0.95, 1.14)

0.05

0.45

August

0.76

1.03

(0.94, 1.13)

0.05

0.51

September

0.70

0.98

(0.89, 1.07)

0.05

0.64

July

0.77

0.98

(0.91, 1.06)

0.04

0.68

  1. These estimates are based on a main-effects log-linear regression, and are also adjusted for age category and village. The relative risks reflect the difference in risk of infection between exposure at the mean value for that month and zero exposure.