Table 5

Variable importance estimates for water contact by activity type.

Month

Prevalence

VI estimate

95% CI

Std. Error

p-value


Tool washing

0.20

0.88

(0.80, 0.97)

0.05

0.01

Rice planting

0.65

0.71

(0.53, 0.96)

0.15

0.03

Swimming

0.21

0.96

(0.87, 1.06)

0.05

0.38

Ditch digging

0.48

0.94

(0.80, 1.10)

0.08

0.42

Bathing

0.49

1.09

(0.88, 1.35)

0.11

0.42

Laundry

0.22

0.97

(0.89, 1.06)

0.04

0.45

Fishing

0.02

1.00

(0.98, 1.02)

0.01

0.83


The prevalence of water contact for each month in our study population is also shown.

Sudat et al. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2010 7:3   doi:10.1186/1742-5573-7-3

Open Data