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Table 4 Model of the structural and intermediary social determinants associated with community TB infection in Eastern Amazonia, Brazil (n = 1,730 TB cases)

From: A distributional regression approach to modeling the impact of structural and intermediary social determinants on communities burdened by tuberculosis in Eastern Amazonia – Brazil

µ

Estimate

Std. Error

t value

Pr(>|t|)

(Intercept)

0.4331

0.2063

2.0995

0.0364*

v19^1 Permanent private households with a bathroom for exclusive use by the residents or a toilet and sewage via river, lake, or sea

-6.9247

1.9192

-3.6081

0.0003*

v19^2 Permanent private households with a bathroom for exclusive use by the residents or a toilet and sewage via river, lake, or sea

-3.4713

1.1011

-3.1526

0.0017*

v33^1 Proportion of people aged 16 to 30 years old

2.6266

0.9350

2.8091

0.0052*

v33^2 Proportion of people aged 16 to 30 years old

-2.4703

1.0115

-2.4423

0.0150*

v17 Permanent private households with a bathroom for exclusive use by the residents or a toilet and sanitary sewage via a septic tank

0.0044

0.0023

1.9035

0.0577

v35 Proportion of people aged 61 and over

0.0731

0.0163

4.4791

0.0000*

v18 Permanent private households with a bathroom for exclusive use by the residents or a toilet and sanitary sewage via a rudimentary septic tank

0.0042

0.0021

2.0369

0.0423*

Σ

Estimate

Std. Error

t value

Pr(>|t|)

(Intercept)

0,7195

0,0761

9,4514

0,0000*

  1. Shapiro-Wilk normality test: 0.99681, p-value: 0.5654
  2. Likelihood Ratio Test for nested GAMLSS models;
  3. (No check whether the models are nested is performed). Null model: deviance = 1884.811 with 7 deg. of freedom
  4. Alternative model: deviance = 1866.812 with 9 deg. of freedom; LRT = 17.99909 with 2 deg. of freedom and p-value = 0.0001234661
  5. *p < 0.05