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Table 4 Posterior means of the fixed effects of the final model, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil, 2015-2016

From: Canine visceral leishmaniasis in Araçatuba, state of São Paulo, Brazil, and its relationship with characteristics of dogs and their owners: a cross-sectional and spatial analysis using a geostatistical approach

Covariate (abbreviation)

Category (code)

Final model

ORa

95%CIb

Lower

Upper

Intercept

0.01

0.00

0.02

Covariates related to the dog tutor characteristics and their households

 TIME (standardized)

0.98

0.78

1.24

 RESID (standardized)

1.00

0.79

1.26

 ROOM (standardized)

1.15

0.92

1.47

  CHICK

No (0)

1

  

Yes (1)

1.98

0.86

4.59

  N.CHICK

No (0)

1

  

Yes (1)

0.69

0.39

1.21

  YARD

No backyard or cement (0)

1

  

Grass backyard (1)

1.02

0.61

1.70

  PARK

No (0)

1

  

Yes (0)

0.82

0.48

1.39

  N°DOGS

0 to 10 (0)

1

  

More than 10 (1)

2.36

1.03

5.43

  DIED

No or old-age death (0)

1

  

Yes, VL (1)

4.85

2.65

8.86

Yes, other reasons (2)

2.26

1.12

4.46

Covariates representing the dog characteristics

 SEX

Female (0)

1

  

Male (1)

1.36

0.88

2.11

 AGE (standardized)

1.16

0.92

1.47

 HAIR

Long (0)

1

  

Short (1)

1.42

0.77

2.65

 SIZE

Small or medium (0)

1

  

Big (1)

1.07

0.55

2.10

 WHERE

Inside home (0)

1

  

Sheltered backyard (1)

2.14

1.05

4.40

Unsheltered backyard or at the street (2)

2.67

1.28

5.57

 WALK

No (0)

1

  

Yes (1)

0.90

0.56

1.44

 NIGHT

Inside home (0)

1

  

Sheltered in the backyard (1)

2.19

0.67

7.16

Not sheltered in the backyard or at the street (2)

2.62

0.74

9.27

 ADOPT

No (0)

1

  

Yes (1)

0.80

0.34

1.91

  1. aOR = odds ratios
  2. bCI = credible interval