|
Risk factors category
|
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Altitude
|
Low land
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Mid land
|
4.54 (2.76, 7.49)
|
<0.001
|
|
High land
|
4.11 (2.65, 6.36)
|
<0.001
|
|
Sex
|
Male
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Female
|
1.60 (1.04, 2.43)
|
0.033
|
|
Age
|
Young
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Adult
|
2.93 (1.97, 4.35)
|
<0.001
|
|
Flock Size
|
Large (n ≥ 50)
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Small (n < 50)
|
3.34 (1.26, 8.86)
|
0.016
|
|
Management type
|
Extensive
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
SI
|
2.88 (0.96, 8.69)
|
0.060
|
|
Source of water
|
Mixedb
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Stagnantc
|
2.34 (0.69, 7.94)
|
0.174
|
|
River
|
4.18 (1.54, 11.35)
|
0.005
|
|
Tap
|
4.07 (1.07, 15.42)
|
0.039
|
|
Presence of cats
|
No
|
1.00
|
-
|
|
Yes
|
1.11 (0.77, 1.60)
|
0.578
|
|
Management type*source of water
|
SI* Stagnantc
|
1.23 (0.30, 5.09)
|
0.772
|
|
SI*river
|
3.64 (1.16, 11.43)
|
0.027
|
| |
SI*tap
|
2.12 (0.33, 13.42)
|
0.425
|
- b mixed = river, well, lake, pond; Stagnant c = pond, well, lake; * indicate interaction
- Factors associated with T. gondii seropositivity in study districts with their frequency (N), % Prevalence, adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI) in the final multivariable logistic regression model (using 1130 sheep sera from 3 districts and 227 flocks); Hosmer-Lemshow χ2 = 4.03, P =0.779.
