Table 2

Multivariable analysis of daily number of contacts

variable
level
coefficient
95% Confidence Interval
p-value

constant

26.05
(16.76, 35.34)
<0.001
sex
male
baseline



female
-1.44
(-5.30, 2.42)
0.466
accommodation
Student halls
baseline



other
-3.90
(-10.14, 2.34)
0.228
# of people in household*

0.32
(-0.55, 1.20)
0.470
weekday/weekend
weekday
baseline



weekend
-6.87
(-10.36, -3.38)
<0.001

* Defined as "sharing a kitchen"

Note: individual and day of week, were random effects, sex, accommodation, # people in household, and weekday/weekend were modelled as fixed effects. Degrees of freedom = 1748.

Edmunds et al. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006 3:10   doi:10.1186/1742-7622-3-10