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Table 5 Poisson regression model of the average number of species and diseases cited by the different social groups

From: Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo

Dependent Factor B (estimated coefficient) Standard Error p-value. Exp(B) (exponentiated values)
Number of species (Constant) 1.191 0.0769 .000 3.289
Female -0.29 0.0764 .000 0.749
Male 0a . . 1
Kisantu (urban) 0.426 0.0977 .000 1.53
Mbanza-Ngungu urban 0.565 0,0999 .000 1.76
Mbanza-Ngungu rural 0a . . 1
Herbalists -0.812 0.2165 .000 0.444
Curing healer 0.383 0.1056 .000 1.467
Traditional health practitioners 0a . . 1
(Scale) 1b    
Number of diseases (Constant) 0.132 0.1288 0.304 1.142
Female -0.279 0.1181 0.018 0.756
Male 0a . . 1
Kisantu (urban) 0,52 0.1616 0.001 1.682
Mbanza-Ngungu urban 0.874 0.1576 0 2.397
Mbanza-Ngungu rural 0a . . 1
Herbalists -0.467 0.3005 0.12 0.627
Curing healer 0.574 0.1595 0 1.774
Traditional health practitioners 0a . . 1
(Scale) 1b    
  1. aset to 0; bFixed display value
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