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Table 1 Prevalence of elephants with at least one lesion (active/inactive*), compared to prevalence of elephants with at least one active lesion by tourism camp in Thailand

From: Risk factors for saddle-related skin lesions on elephants used in the tourism industry in Thailand

Camp

#Elephants

Prev. (95 % CI^) elephants with at least one lesion (active/inactive)

Prev. (95 % CI^) elephants with at least one active lesion

1

13

69.2 (38.6 – 90.9)

30.8 (9.10 – 61.4)

2

8

25.0 (3.20 – 65.1)

0 (0 – 36.9#)

3

27

74.1 (53.7 – 88.9)

37.0 (19.4 – 57.6)

4

5

80.0 (28.4 – 99.5)

20.0 (0.5 – 71.6)

5

10

90.0 (55.5 – 99.7)

80.0 (44.4-97.5)

6

4

0 (0 – 60.2#)

0 (0 – 60.2#)

7

3

100 (29.2 – 100#)

100 (29.2 – 100#)

8

4

100 (39.8 – 100#)

75.0 (19.4 – 99.4)

9

26

92.3 (74.9 – 99.1)

84.6 (65.1 – 95.6)

10

9

100 (66.4 – 100#)

100 (66.4 – 100#)

11

4

100 (39.8 – 100#)

100 (39.8 – 100#)

12

5

100 (47.8 – 100#)

100 (47.8 – 100#)

13

8

87.5 (47.3 – 99.7)

75.0 (34.9 – 96.8)

14

18

100 (81.5 - 100#)

94.4 (72.7 – 99.9)

15

32

87.5 (71.0 – 96.5)

75.0 (56.6 – 88.5)

16

3

100 (29.2 – 100#)

66.7 (9.4 – 99.2)

17

6

50.0 (11.8 – 88.2)

16.7 (0.4 – 64.1)

18

9

88.9 (51.8 – 99.7)

66.7 (29.9 – 92.5)

  1. *An active lesion is defined as a lesion categorized as rubbed/pink, raw, full depth ulcer, abscess (closed or draining), healing lesion, depigmented skin, or other. An inactive lesion is defined as a lesion categorized as either a healed lesion, or a callus
  2. ^Exact 95 % confidence interval
  3. #One-sided, Exact 97.5 % confidence interval