Research Article

House-Level Risk Factors for Aedes aegypti Infestation in the Urban Center of Castilla la Nueva, Meta State, Colombia

Table 2

Frequencies (n, %) of environmental factors associated with identifying positive houses with immature stages of A. aegypti (PR, 95% CI; χ2) and in the presence of positive ovitraps (PR, 95% CI; χ2).

Variablesn (%)Positive housesPositive ovitraps
YesNoPR (95% CI)χ2YesNoPR (95% CI)χ2

Housing type
House236 (76.9)901462.26 (1.31, 3.87)10.2189471.09 (0.94, 1.28)1.14
Apartment71 (23.1)12591.0052191.00

Wall type
Cement289 (94.1)971921.002.04226631.005.63
Plastic fiber1 (0.3)010101.28 (1.20, 1.35)
Wood14 (4.6)591.08 (0.52, 2.22)1311.19 (1.02, 1.40)
Zinc sheet3 (1)030120.42 (0.09, 2.09)

Floor type
Tile276 (89.9)931831.002.54215611.007.39
Cement26 (8.5)9171.05 (0.60, 1.82)2421.18 (1.04, 1.34)
Land5 (1.6)050230.51 (0.17, 1.48)

Roof type
Eternit roof tile289 (94.1)971921.2 (0.56, 2.59)0.06226630.94 (0.76, 1.16)0.05
Zinc tile18 (5.9)5131.001531.00

Concrete washbasins (water tanks or low tank)
Yes269 (87.6)951741.92 (0.96, 3.82)3.56215541.17 (0.93, 1.46)1.97
No38 (12.4)7311.0026121.00

Other types of water container
Yes113 (36.8)33800.82 (0.58, 1.16)1.0385280.94 (0.82, 1.06)0.85
No194 (63.2)691251.00156381.00

More than one water container
Yes75 (24.4)26491.06 (0.70, 1.61)0.0959161.01 (0.62, 1.63)0.001
No232 (75.6)761561.00182501.00

House maintenance
Well maintained264 (86)841801.002.70200641.008.43
Moderately maintained25 (8.1)12131.50 (0.97, 2.34)2411.25 (1.13, 1.38)
Poor maintained18 (5.9)6121.00 (0.51, 1.97)1711.22 (1.07, 1.39)

Patio (backyard) condition
Tidy123 (40.1)39841.000.2263601.0090.5
Moderately tidy109 (35.5)37721.03 (0.74, 1.44)10541.40 (1.27, 1.55)
Untidy75 (24.4)26491.06 (0.74, 1.52)7321.34 (1.23, 1.47)

Shadow in the patio
<25%20 (6.5)9111.001.681191.0068.7
25–50%83 (27)29541.07 (0.76, 1.52)68151.06 (0.94, 1.20)
>50%204 (66.4)641400.85 (0.62, 1.18)172321.26 (1.09, 1.46)

Bold number and asterisk represent statistical significance of  < 0.05.