Current Bancroftian Filariasis Elimination on Thailand-Myanmar Border: Public Health Challenges toward Postgenomic MDA Evaluation

Table 1

Univariate analysis of significant individual risk factors associated with multiple-dose DEC inaccessibility between two working groups of cross-border Myanmar migrants (chain migration model).

Variable	𝑛 (904)	Ranong, 2002-2003^a					Phangnga, 2004–2006^b
		%  DEC  inaccessibility	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value	𝑛  (1,610)	%  DEC  inaccessibility	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Gender
Male	553	49.7	1			1067	42.6	1
Female	351	56.4	1.3	1.0–1.7	0.05	543	48.4	1.3	1.0–1.6	0.027
Age group (yr)
≥25	560	44.8	1			1106	42.9	1
<25	344	64.5	2.2	1.7–3.0	<0.001	504	48.2	1.2	1.0–1.5	0.049
Marital status
Living with a partner	580	45.2	1			1094	42.8	1
Single/widowed/; divorced/separated	324	65.1	2.3	1.7–3.0	<0.001	516	48.4	1.3	1.0–1.6	0.033
Migration pattern
Long-term migration	643	38.4	1			977	32.3	1
Short-term migration	261	86.6	10.4	7.0–15.3	<0.001	633	63.5	3.6	3.0–4.5	<0.001
Occupation
Industry	447	38.3	1			512	38.9	1
Agriculture	457	66.1	3.1	2.4–4.1	<0.001	1098	47.3	1.4	1.1–1.8	0.002

Data were derived from our previous findings: ^aKoyadun and Bhumiratana (2005) [17], ^aBhumiratana et al. (2004) [18], ^bYongyuth et al. (2006) [21], and ^bBhumiratana et al. (2010) [19].
OR: odds ratio and CI: confidence interval.