From: Estimating the prevalence of Echinococcus in domestic dogs in highly endemic for echinococcosis
Variable | Description of variable | E.m. | E.g. | ||
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(E.m./E.g.) Total dog number | OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Age | 1–5/≥6 years. (89/93) 615/(13/18) 110 | 1.263 (0.679–2.349) | > 0.05 | 0.911 (0.525–1.580) | > 0.05 |
Sex | male/female (70/85) 507/(36/39) 242 | 0.917 (0.593–1.416) | > 0.05 | 1.048 (0.693–1.587) | > 0.05 |
Weight | ≤ 20/> 20 kg (80/96) 571/(16/20) 147 | 1.334 (0.754–2.360) | > 0.05 | 1.283 (0.763–2.159) | > 0.05 |
Skin color | dark/brown/white/yellow/mix (46/34)265/(19/25)104/(21/31)146/(15/19)133/(5/14)99 | – | > 0.05 | – | > 0.05 |
How maintained | tied/allowed to roam (102/115) 714/(4/8) 36 | 1.333 (0.462–3.850) | > 0.05 | 0.672 (0.299–1.512) | > 0.05 |
Person feeding dog | adult/child+adult (78/80) 549/(24/37) 185 | 1.111 (0.680–1.816) | > 0.05 | 0.682 (0.443–1.050) | > 0.05 |
Dog number/family | 1 dog/2–3 dogs (54/67) 358/(14/16) 102 | 1.117 (0.592–2.105) | > 0.05 | 1.238 (0.682–2.246) | > 0.05 |
Feed dog with offal | often/never (37/41) 215/(60/65) 440 | 1.317 (0.842–2.058) | > 0.05 | 1.360 (0.884–2.090) | > 0.05 |
Dogs seen eating small mammals | yes /no (15/11) 105/(68/73) 453 | 0.944 (0.516–1.727) | > 0.05 | 0.610 (0.311–1.194) | > 0.05 |
Home animal slaughter | often /never (63/70) 422/(40/42) 251 | 0.926 (0.602–1.425) | > 0.05 | 0.990 (0.651–1.505) | > 0.05 |
Buy meat | often/never (76/80) 492/(27/33) 181 | 1.042 (0.647–1.678) | > 0.05 | 0.871 (0.557–1.362) | > 0.05 |
Dog role | pet /guard-dogs^ (20/13) 89/(82/105) 642 | 1.980 (1.143–3.428) | < 0.05* | 0.875 (0.469–1.633) | > 0.05 |
Feces used | fertilizer/placed in rubbish area (85/107) 641/(14/10) 71 | 0.622 (0.332–1.166) | > 0.05 | 1.222 (0.607–2.462) | > 0.05 |
De-worming | yes/no (84/105) 609/(19/13) 102 | 0.699 (0.404–1.210) | > 0.05 | 1.587 (0.858–2.935) | > 0.05 |